Cloth of red and black stripes with a blue stripe in the middle. [ZM 4/5/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Cloth of red and black stripes with a blue stripe in the middle. [ZM 4/5/2005]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Ao Naga
Person: Field collector Robert Niel Reid; PRM source Robert Niel Reid
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1942
Date collected: 1937 - 1942
Acquisition information: Donated: 1946
Materials and processes: Material Textile, Material Pigment, Process Spun, Process Dyed, Process Woven, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Length: max 1791 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1946.7.45
Research and responses: Objects in the original Reid collection have gone to various places. 1946.7.96 - 1946.7.124 were sent to the Musee de l'Homme in 1946. 1946.7.85 - 1946.7.95 seem to have been intended to be sent to Paris, but did not go. 1946.7.5 - 1946.7.84, the remainder of the accessioned collection, were kept at the PRM from the beginning. A further group of items never accessioned were sent to the National Museet in Copenhagen in 1947 (the latter group are listed in a single record with REID in accession number field). [SD 27/6/2000]
Associated publications: Reference: Naga Textiles Design, Technique, Meaning and Effect of a Local Craft Tradition in Northeast India, Main author: Marion Wettstein; Stuttgart, 2014, Page: 139

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