Baldric, embroidered on the front with a red lozenge pattern, and decorated with both a short and a long fringe of red and white (goat?) hair, both rows bound with yellow orchid stem; dark blue reverse and bands for fastening. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 12/8/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Baldric, embroidered on the front with a red lozenge pattern, and decorated with both a short and a long fringe of red and white (goat?) hair, both rows bound with yellow orchid stem; dark blue reverse and bands for fastening. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 12/8/2005]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland Zunheboto district Seromi
Cultural groups: Sümi Naga
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1947
Date collected: Before 1947
Acquisition information: Donated: 1948
Materials and processes: Material Textile, Material Orchid Stem Plant, Material Hair, Material Pigment, Process Dyed, Process Woven
Dimensions: Length: max 2240 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1948.7.37
Research and responses: JP Mills retired from India in 1947 so these objects must probably have been collected prior to that date [AP 19/7/2000]