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1928.69.172

Skirt of black with thin red warp lines and blue warp stripes


1928.69.172

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Collection type
Object
Description
Skirt of black with thin red warp lines and blue warp stripes
Geographical reference
Nagaland
Cultural groups
Ao Naga
Person
Field collector James Philip Mills
PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1921
Date collected
January 1921
Acquisition information
Loaned: 06/1921 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes
Material Textile, Material Pigment, Process Woven, Process Dyed
Object numbers
Accession number: 1928.69.172
Associated publications
This textile has been hand drawn as a colour pencil drawing reproduced as fig.58 a, b on page 224 of 'Naga Textiles: design, technique, meaning and effect of a local craft tradition in Northeast India' by Marion Wettstein, published 2014 Vienna , Arnoldsche Art publishers, Stuttgart. The drawing is accompanied with the caption: 'Woman's skirt from Longkumer clan of Chantongya village which could be worn by a woman who's father had not sacrificed mithun, but her forefathers had (PRM Acc. No. 128.69.172, 1920s)' [FB 22/10/2014]

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