Chinese Minority Peoples Baby Carriers

Hidden away in the rural villages of China’s minority peoples is an age old activity profoundly important to minority women – the creation of baby carriers. Baby carriers were far more than just a means to illustrate a mother’s love for her child. In fact, even before marriage, young girls would show off their handiwork to suitors as a personal emblem of their skill and as a means of garnering attention. Baby carriers were in every respect a true representation of a female’s individuality.

The entire process of creating a carrier, from growing, combing and weaving cotton, to raising silkworms and producing silk, to dying, stitching and embroidering – every aspect of design – took thought, care, creativity, and most of all, time. Each carrier was a true expression of love made by hand with dexterous fingers and silken threads. Working diligently, rural minority women created textile masterworks imbued with all their hopes and desires for a bountiful future. Now, beyond the future they imagined, one of these masterworks can grace your wall, framed, straps intact and artfully folded, serving as a gentle reminder that a bright future is always at your fingertips.

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