Chinese Minority Baby Carriers
Examples of carrier styles
Miao and other minority women living in Southwest China are exquisite creators of textiles. They lavish particular attention on their baby carriers. Many carriers are created prior to marriage. In some villages girls wear empty baby carriers as an advertisement for their skills and potential as a wife. There are distinctive regional differences in style, technique, and material which are identifiable. Many baby carriers are T-shaped with the tops attached to a foundation material and to long ties which are typically crossed in front of the chest and then to the back where they secure the child under his or her bottom.
Silk, often hand spun, is usually used for the fine embroidery. The foundation materials can be silk, cotton, or hemp/flax. Exquisite baby carriers are also made with wax resist indigo dyed cotton.
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Miao Baby Carrier BCM-074 Zhuchang Style Zhijin County Guizhou Province, China
22.5" x 17.5" $285 SOLD (similar available)
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Miao Horsetail Baby Carrier BCM -15 Qianxi Qianxi County, Guizhou Province SW China 17.5" x 22" $120 |
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Shui Horsetail Baby Carrier BCS -1 Shui Horsetail Sandu County, Guizhou Province, SW China
SOLD
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Miao Shining Cloth Baby Carrier BCM -013 Danzhai Danzhai County, Western Guizhou Province SW China
$220
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Red Miao Baby Carrier BCM -039 Red Miao Jianhe County, SE Guizhou Province SW China 25.5" x 22"
SOLD (similar available)
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Miao Batik Baby Carrier BCM -29 Zhijin Batik Zhijing County, Western Guizhou SW China $100 (SOLD - similar available) |
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Miao Pleat Embroidered Butterfly Baby Carrier BCM -42 Butterfly-Mama Leishan County, SE Guizhou Province 17"x 22.5" $475 (sold) |
Zhuang Minority Baby Carrier BCZ -1 Quibei, Yunnan Province 30" x 21" with straps over 5' $350 (Sold-similar available) |
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Miao Baby Carrier BCM -45 Guanling Guanling County, Western Guizhou 27" x 21.5" $200 (sold)
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Yi Baby Carrier BCYi -1 Yunnan Province $120 (sold) |
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Dong Baby Carrier Head Cover BCD-17 Sui-kou Shi-Kou Xiang, Liping County, SE Guizhou Province, SW China 20" x 20.5" $120 (Sold - similar available) |
Dong Hand-Woven Baby Carrier BCD-18 Hunan Woven Tang-dau County, Hunan Province, SW China Silk and Cotton 32.5" x 15" $100
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