- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Small girl's first skirt, of white with black stripes and red wool design in supplementary weft. [MJD 11/3/2010]
- Long description
- Small girl's first skirt, of white with black stripes and red wool design in supplementary weft. The cloth has two thick black stripes at either edge. The cloth has two thin black and two thin red warp lines in the central white area. The red wool supplementary weft geometric design is applied in the centre of the cloth. The cloth has fringe at both ends. [MJD 11/3/2010]
- Cultural groups
- Lotha Naga
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1920
- Date collected
- By 1920
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 03/1920 Donated: 1928
- Materials and processes
- Material Textile, Material Pigment, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Process Dyed, Process Woven, Process Supplementary Weft Woven
- Dimensions
- Width: max 250 mm, Length: max 960 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1928.69.62
- Research and responses
Information from Dr Vibha Joshi, as published in the Renchen Women Welfare Society's 'Lotha Naga Textiles & Patterns': "Also known as Shipang (Ndrung villages). Worn by girls before puberty."
This skirt was viewed during a virtual interview with the designer Mrs Abeni TCK Lotha, organised by the Talking Threads project on 27th July 2021. Mrs Abeni noted that this type of skirt is young by girls before they get married.
For the Zoom recording and the full transcript of the meeting please see the Talking Threads project file.
- Associated publications
- Lotha Naga Textiles & Patterns (1914 - 1947), Collective: Renchen Women Welfare Society; Wokha, Nagaland, 2010, Notes: Photographs and PRM catalogue information Object: Oying Motsü The Story of Our Threads a memoir by Abeni TCK, Main author: Abeni TCK; Editor: Khyochano TCK; Thompson Press India, 2025, Page: 43, Page illustrated: 43
Search terms: Clothing, Textile, Status, Children and Childcare, Body Cloth, Skirt