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. Design in supplementary weft in red wool in along the blue lines in the cloth. [MJD 19/10/2012]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Cultural groups: Sümi Naga
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1923
Date collected: By 1923
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1923 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Process Dyed, Process Woven, Process Supplementary Weft Woven
Dimensions: Width: max 1345 mm, Length: max 1545 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1928.69.262
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. [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 was noted that the red embroidery was not complete. [BLJS 19/01/2023]