Paj Ntaub By Yee Xiong

Paj Ntaub (pa thou) 

Traditional Hmong textile art and embroidery which translates to “flower cloth”. Hmong is an indigenous ethnic group, originally from southern China.

This is cultural role traditionally passed down from mother to daughter starting at a young age. Traditionally created clothing, collars, and garments for carrying babies. The techniques are done by a series of different stitching variations, such as cross stitch, chain stitch, running stitch, and satin stitch. Most of the cloth was made from hemp which was harvested dried in the sun and then stripped from the stalks and then soften and then hand woven. After then hand dyed in many different techniques with a variations of colors, such as pink, red, green, blue, some have contrasts of yellow and brown. This specific item is called and is created by Yee Xiong, and was donated by Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program.