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1928.69.720

Cloth made from undyed material with six black stripes and a red stripe along each long edge. Embroidered lines at one side. [LKG 18/3/2010]


1928.69.720

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Collection type
Object
Description
Cloth made from undyed material with six black stripes and a red stripe along each long edge. Embroidered lines at one side. [LKG 18/3/2010]
Long description
Cloth made from undyed material with six black stripes and a red stripe along each long edge. Embroidered lines at one side. The cloth is light beige in colour and the blacks stripes have thin red lines running down their length along the centreline. The stripes are equally spaced and arranged in parallel lines. The red stripes on each long side of the cloth have three black lines arranged parallel and running down their length. To one side the cloth has two short horizontal embroidered bands between the outer red stripe and next black stripe. These stripes are made of parallel lines of black triangles and inverted red triangles. There is an embroidered square by one of these horizontal bands, close to the red outer stripe. The cloth is made of three stripe of woven material which have been sewn together. [LKG 18/3/2010]
Geographical reference
Nagaland
Cultural groups
Rengma Naga
Person
Field collector James Philip Mills
PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1924
Date collected
January 1924
Acquisition information
Loaned: 10/1924 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes
Material Textile, Material Pigment, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Process Dyed, Process Woven, Process Embroidered, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Width: max 655 mm, Length: max 1160 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1928.69.720

Search terms: Clothing, Textile, Status, Skirt