A textile panel described on accompanying display label as 'Dong Baby Carrier Dong village of Shaoxing (small panel piece) Guizhou, South West China, 1990.' A central circular embroidered motif is surrounded by 4 smaller circular motifs, on a dark purple fabric ground. The central motif is predominantly white, with pink, green, turquoise and yellow. The surrounding circles contain the same colours in variegated designs.
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