1990 - 1993 Lia Vue Vang's Hmong History Story Cloth
date: label: date made
content: 1990s
label: date made
content: 1990-1993
name: label: maker
content: Vue, Lia
notes: label: Description
content: Paj ntaub pictorial needlework or story cloth depicting Hmong history. Overall 37" x 55." 3.5" outer border (blue); 5" saw-toothed border ( blue, grey and white). Center (36.75" x 20.5) is comprised of embroidered scenes that can be "read" back and forth from the top left to right, then right to left. Scenes depict war/turmoil disrupting village life in Laos, followed by scenes depicting leaving the village and camping and traveling long distances, finally crossing the Mekong River to refugee camps in Thailand, followed by further travel and resettlement. Scenes are embroidered in various colors on a blue background. Edges of front of panel are turned over to the back and stitched to a white backing.
label: Description
content: Maker Lia Vue came to the United States in 1979 as a refugee from Laos. She and her children were resettled in Iowa but later moved to Wisconsin. Donors Barbara and David Foye remarked that Vue's needlework was "a source of beauty and support for herself and her children" and "tells us a part of her personal journey."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
label: Subject
content: Immigrants
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Barbara M. and David M. Foye
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0116.01
label: accession number
content: 2011.0116
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0116.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: needlework panel, pictorial
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: polyester (front fabric)
label: Physical Description
content: polyester/cotton (front fabric)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 in x 55 in; 94 cm x 140 cm