- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Girl's skirt of black, white, red and orange stripes, formed of four panels.
- Long description
- Girl's skirt of black, white, red and orange stripes, formed of four panels. The skirt is formed of four narrow panels of warp-faced woven cotton, stitched together with white yarn. The warp ends are sewn up with white yarn, with a twisted cord of orange yarn added along the two edges. The stitch used to sew the ends up is known locally as 'kaheliambe'. One of the central panels is much wider at one end, creating a pleated effect.
- Cultural groups
- Zeme Naga
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1924
- Date collected
- February 1924
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 10/1924 Donated: 1928
- Materials and processes
- Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Dyed, Process Woven, Process Stitched
- Dimensions
- Width: max 510 mm, Length: max 1320 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1928.69.729
- Research and responses
In a virtual meeting with members of the Zeme Naga community in Manipur on 16th September 2021, organised as part of the Talking Threads Project, the group noted that the stitch used to sew up warp ends of cloths is known locally as ‘kaheliambe’. For the full recording please see the project file.
1928.69.729
Girl's skirt of black, white, red and orange stripes, formed of four panels.
1928.69.729
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