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Description
Video from Dimen Village of two women preparing cotton skeins for weaving. They twist and stretch the skeins with a wooden dowel to make the cotton stronger, tougher and smoother.
Date Created
2010-07-26
File Identifier
2010_07_26_153.MOV
Format
Video
Keywords
Kam, Dong, Guizhou, China, Chinese Minority, Cultural preservation, Video, Dimen Village, Frame loom, Spinning and preparing thread, Complete women’s garment
Location
Dimen (地扪村), Liping, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China
Acknowledgements
Funding Provided by University of the Pacific
Disciplines
Art and Design | Art and Materials Conservation | Arts and Humanities | Asian Studies | Book and Paper | Chinese Studies | Civic and Community Engagement | East Asian Languages and Societies | Fashion Design | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Fiber, Textile, and Weaving Arts | History | International and Area Studies | Place and Environment | Race and Ethnicity | Rural Sociology | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Sociology | Sociology of Culture | Women's Studies
Rights Holder
Marie Anna Lee, c. 2019
Rights Management
All images and videos provided in the Kam Minority Archive by Marie Anna Lee on University of the Pacific's Scholarly Commons are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) license.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Lee, Marie Anna, "Women wringing cotton skeins" (2010). All Videos. 181.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/kam-videos/181
