Cloth of broad red and black and narrow blue stripes with green beetle wings at two ends. [ZM 4/5/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Cloth of broad red and black and narrow blue stripes with green beetle wings at two ends. [ZM 4/5/2005]
Long description: Cloth of broad red and black and narrow blue stripes with green beetle wings at two ends. The design of the cloth is similar to plaid, with broad red and black stripes running length-wise, and fainter red stripes running horizontally in seven sets of three. There are thin blue lines between the outer length-wise red stripes, and on either side of the groups of three red stripes at the centre. The cloth has a fringe of red and black twisted thread which incorporates beetles. [LKG 25/2/2010]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland; Mangmetong or Okotso village
Cultural groups: Ao Naga; 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 Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Beetle Insect, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Width 1130 mm, Length: max 1655 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.85.222
Associated publications: Reference: Naga Textiles Design, Technique, Meaning and Effect of a Local Craft Tradition in Northeast India, Main author: Marion Wettstein; Stuttgart, 2014, Page: 106