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1928.69.718

Woman’s skirt of dark blue woven cloth with central white panel. [MJD 26/3/2010]


1928.69.718

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Collection type
Object
Description
Woman’s skirt of dark blue woven cloth with central white panel. [MJD 26/3/2010]
Long description
Woman’s skirt of dark blue woven cloth with central white panel. The cloth is constructed from three panels. The white panel has thin double black lines. The dark blue panels have thin double weft lines of orange yarn. The end of the dark blue panels have three weft lines of orange and white yarn. The white panel has four areas of black and red zigzag design in the supplementary weft. The white panel, close to the fringe, has a zigzag pattern in the supplementary weft in red and black wool at one end and at the other end in light pink and black. The cloth has fringe at both ends. [MJD 26/3/2010]
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 Supplementary Weft Woven
Dimensions
Length: max 1280 mm with tassels, Length x Width: max 1190 x 650 mm without tassels
Object numbers
Accession number: 1928.69.718

Search terms: Clothing, Textile, Status, Skirt