Cloth, black with white stripes and decorated with supplementary weft squares of dyed dog hair. [MJD 22/10/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Cloth, black with white stripes and decorated with supplementary weft squares of dyed dog hair. [MJD 22/10/2012]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Cultural groups: Sümi Naga; Khiamniungan Naga; Sangtam Naga
Person: Field collector John Henry Hutton; PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1919
Date collected: By 1919
Acquisition information: Loaned: 11/1919 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Dog Hair Animal, Material Pigment, Process Woven, Process Supplementary Weft Woven, Process Dyed, Process Spun
Dimensions: Length: max 1485 mm, Width: max 1120 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.84.408
Research and responses: This textile was seen on a research visit by Khesheli Chishi and Kitoli Naje Sema Naga women from Nagaland and Vibha Joshi on the 23/24th October 2012. They commented that the cloth is a man's cloth. [FB 29/10/2012]
This textile was seen by Ngutoli Y Swu (a Sümi Naga researcher) on a research visit between 17-19 January 2023. It may have come from a number of different Naga tribes so these have been added to Cultural Groups as 'uncertain'. [BLJS 19/01/2023]