áo bà ba
date: label: Date made
content: 1980
name: label: user
content: Hann, Catherine
notes: label: Description
content: Donor Catherine Hann (born Huynh bach Thuy) wore this áo bà ba while fleeing Vietnam in 1981 aboard a fishing boat. Hann's father, who had worked in a South Vietnamese military hospital in Rach-Gia, had been sent to a "re-education camp" in 1975. Hann, a high school biology teacher, and her husband decided to leave the country, but they failed twice before their third attempt finally succeeded. Her aunt made this áo bà ba for her with fabric purchased at the Rach-Gia market. She continued to wear it during her five months in the United Nations refugee camp on Pulau Bidong, Malaysia. Additional materials from Hann are held by the Archives Center (collection NMAH.AC.0921).
label: Description
content: Pink fine twill weave: round neckline in front, higher in back; self-fabric piping around neckline; center front opening; fastens with six snaps hidden under slight overlap; modesty band of fabric next to underlapped side; raglan sleeves; sleeves widen slightly at bottom; semi-fitted shape; patch pockets with rounded bottom attached at right and left front hips; very deep side slits, to top of waist; some parts hand stitched.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Viet Nam
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Catherine Hann
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0120.001
label: accession number
content: 2006.0120
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0120.001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Blouse
label: Object Type
content: Main Dress
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Blouse
label: Object Type
content: Upper Body