Textile, skirt of white with some thin black lines wider at top and bottom.

Collection type: Object
Description: Textile, skirt of white with some thin black lines wider at top and bottom.
Long description: Textile, skirt of white with some thin black lines wider at top and bottom. Four short double lines of triangles are stitched in the supplementary weft along one edge in red wool. The skirt is constructed from two pieces of cloth. [MJD 02/11/2012]
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 1920
Date collected: October 1920
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1923 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes: Material Textile, Material Pigment, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Process Dyed, Process Woven, Process Supplementary Weft Woven, Material Blood
Dimensions: Width 470 mm, Length 1030 mm approx
Object numbers: Accession number: 1928.69.287
Research and responses: This textile was seen on a research visit by Vibha Joshi on the 6 November 2012. Vibha speculated that the heaving staining on the skirt could be menstrual blood given that the skirt belonged to an unmarried woman. [FB 09/11/2012]

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