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Maker:
unknown  Search this
Physical Description:
fabric (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 41 cm x 57 cm; 16 5/32 in x 22 7/16 in
overall, mounted with trousers: 38 1/2 in x 20 in x 14 in; 97.79 cm x 50.8 cm x 35.56 cm
Object Name:
vest, girl's
Object Type:
Vest
Girl
Main Dress
Place made:
World
Date made:
ca 1920
Description (Brief):
One of the Lee daughters wore this casual Chinese-style outfit on special occasions, for none of the children wore Chinese dress for every day wear. The trouser band or fu tau , translated as the “head of the trousers,” was folded over and secured with a belt or cord and covered by the vest.
Lee B. Lok, his wife Ng Shee, and their seven children lived above the Quong Yuen Shing & Co. store in New York City's Chinatown. Though the children wore Western clothes and participated in the local Scout troop and other clubs, their parents required them to attend Chinese school each day, from 4-7 PM.
Location:
Currently not on view
Referenced:
Immigration  Search this
Immigrants  Search this
Used:
Chinese Americans  Search this
Related Publication:
Mead, Virginia Lee. Photograph, Lee family portrait
Mead, Virginia Lee. Lee Chinese -American Family Papers, ca. 1915-1970
Related Web Publication:
http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?view=&dsort=&date.slider=&q=AC0555-0000003.tif
http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?q=set_name:%22Lee+Chinese-American+Family+Papers%2C+ca.+1915-1970%22
Credit Line:
Gift of James Edgar Mead and Virginia Lee Mead
ID Number:
1992.0620.11
Catalog number:
1992.0620.11
Accession number:
1992.0620
See more items in:
Home and Community Life: Costume
Family & Social Life
Cultures & Communities
Clothing & Accessories
Chinese American
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-9f29-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1119964