- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Bridal skirt of rich man's daughter with strings of glass beads in red, yellow and blue and groups of cowrie shells [JN 25/05/2010]
- Long description
- Short wrap around skirt in dark coloured cloth with strings of glass beads in red, yellow and blue and groups of three cowrie shells. There is a white margin on one side. Constructed from two pieces of cloth. There are 13 trefoils and two rectangles of cowrie shells. Supplementary weft work in red and yellow yarn. [MJD 02/11/2012]
- Cultural groups
- Sümi Naga
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1947
- Date collected
- Before 1947
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1948
- Materials and processes
- Material Textile, Material Glass, Material Bead, Material Pigment, Material Cowrie Shell, Process Dyed, Process Beadwork, Process Woven
- Dimensions
- Width: max 465 mm, Length: max 1100 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1948.7.40
- 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]
1948.7.40
Bridal skirt of rich man's daughter with strings of glass beads in red, yellow and blue and groups of cowrie shells [JN 25/05/2010]
1948.7.40
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