Woman's loin cloth, black with white stripe down one edge ornamented with cowries and strings of beads. Slightly embroidered with red and black wool.

Collection type: Object
Description: Woman's loin cloth, black with white stripe down one edge ornamented with cowries and strings of beads. Slightly embroidered with red and black wool.
Long description: Woman's loin cloth, black with white stripe down one edge ornamented with cowries and strings of beads. There are eight trefoils and two rectangles of cowrie shells. Four bands of yellow, blue and white beads. Pink strips in black ground. Supplementary weft design in red and black wool. Constructed from two pieces of cloth, stitched together. [MJD 02/11/2012]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Sümi 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 Wool Yarn Animal, Material Cowrie Shell, Material Bead, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Supplementary Weft Woven, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Length 1140 mm approx, Width 475 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.85.212

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