Black cloth, narrow orange and blue bands and wider blue band, embroidered in red and yellow. [ZM 05/09/2006]

Collection type: Object
Description: Black cloth, narrow orange and blue bands and wider blue band, embroidered in red and yellow. [ZM 05/09/2006]
Long description: Black cloth, narrow orange and blue bands and wider blue band, embroidered in red and yellow. The cloth consists of three sections of woven material sewn together. The two outer sections are of dark blue/black and one is wider than the other. Along the outer edges of each side, around the centre are several short, horizontal embroidered lines which are for the most part red with yellow centres, and in some places red alone. Each end of the cloth is fringed, with blue/black and blue tassels. The embroidery is only on the upper side of the cloth. [ZM 05/09/2006]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Lotha Naga
Person: Field collector John Henry Hutton; PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1924
Date collected: By 1924
Acquisition information: Loaned: 11/1924 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes: Material Textile, Material Pigment, Material Yarn, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Embroidered
Dimensions: Width: max 550 mm, Length: max 1130 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.85.198