Textile, dark blue with four orange strips down the sides. [MJD 19/10/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Textile, dark blue with four orange strips down the sides. [MJD 19/10/2012]
Long description: Textile, dark blue with four orange strips down the sides. Red woollen squares in the supplementary weft in the centre of the cloth. [MJD 19/10/2012]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Cultural groups: Sümi 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 Wool Yarn Animal, Material Pigment, Process Woven, Process Supplementary Weft Woven, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Length: max 1535 mm, Width: max 1284 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.84.412
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 akhomi should be spelt akhumi. [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. The current correct spelling of this kind of textile is aqhumi. [BLJS 19/01/2023]

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