Long rectangular strip of tightly woven textile

Collection type: Object
Description: Long rectangular strip of tightly woven textile
Long description: Long rectangular strip of tightly woven textile with a tasselled fringe at each end. The selvages are along the long edges of the strip. The textile is woven in a pattern of stripes. Towards the centre of the sash the stripes are broad dark blue stripes with narrower red and white stripes. Towards each end the stripes become multicoloured. Both ends of the textile have a wide band of red ending in a red fringe. The textile is a belt or sash worn by women around the waist.
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China; Tibet
Asia > Eastern Asia > Tibet
Cultural groups: Pumi
Person: Field collector Jeanne Bromfield; PRM source A.C. Bromfield
Date / Period: Date made: Circa by 1980
Date collected: By circa 1980
Acquisition information: Donated: 12/10/1999
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Woven
Dimensions: Length 3160 mm excluding tassels, Width 230 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1999.32.4
Research and responses: For further information and for a picture of Pumi dress see Ethnic Costumes and Clothing Decorations from China, compiled by the Editorial Committee of "Ethnic Costumes and Clothing Decorations from China" of Shanghai Theatrical College [Balfour Library]. [MdeA 3/7/2000]

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