Thin silk skirt
Medium:Silk
Date:Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
Dimensions:Length: 87cm; width at waist: 143cm; width at bottom: 158cm
Origin:Excavated from Han Tomb No.1, Mawangdui, Changsha City, Hunan Province,1972
This skirt is sewn out of four pieces of thin crimson silk with each piece broader at the bottom than the top. A waist belt is sewn at the top with both ends extending to form a ribbon.