Artist
Mao Lee Vang
MAO LEE VANG a Hmong refugee from southeast Asia, learned in her early girlhood the distinctive techniques used to decorate ceremonial clothing, infant carriers, and burial clothing. Mrs. Vang’s fine needlework, representing the best of this tradition, has been displayed throughout Utah, and she demonstrated her skill at various places, including the Utah Arts Festival, before she died in 1985.

Hmong cross-stitch flower cloth

30/2 “X 35”, cotton, aida cloth, silk thread, 1981; (Utah) State Art Collection.