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1928.69.557

Loin cloth of dark blue textile with red woven lines and embroidery in orange wool. [JMC 16/12/2020]

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1928.69.557

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Collection type
Object
Description
Loin cloth of dark blue textile with red woven lines and embroidery in orange wool. [JMC 16/12/2020]
Long description
Loin cloth of dark blue textile with red woven lines and embroidery in orange wool. The cloth comprises two short layers of textile stitched together around the edges with white wool, with one end gathered up into the rounded scrotum bag, and the other end acting as the front flap. The bottom of the flap is decorated with three horizontal lines of embroidery in orange wool. Both sides of the textile have six longitudinal red lines in the ground weave. From the scrotum bag a short strap of twisted cream coloured yarn extends. [JMC 16/12/2020] The object is warp-facing, plain weave textile chiefly using Z yarn twist cotton threads dyed dark blue (characteristics of indigo dye) for most of warps and wefts, except for red-dyed cotton threads of Z yarn twist 2 of which recur every 36 warps for 6 times in total. Edges along the bottom, PL and PR sides are secured using simple looping stitches with ecru-coloured string of S yarn twist. The scrotum bag is constructed by bringing together the two top edges of the short end of the rectangular cloth, sewn together using what appears to be a variant of cross-knit loop stitches. At the bottom edges of the front of the flap are three rows of linear embroidery using burnt orange coloured cotton strong of Z yarn twist in simple looping stitches. [MT 17/12/2020]
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Nagaland
Cultural groups
Sangtam Naga
Person
Field collector James Philip Mills
PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1923
Date collected
September 1923
Acquisition information
Loaned: 03/1924 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Stitched, Process Embroidered
Dimensions
Width: max 170 mm, Length: max 305 mm excluding string, Length: max 635 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1928.69.557

Search terms: Clothing, Textile, Status, Groin-cover

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