Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum
AboutHire the MuseumNewsletterUniversity of Oxford

1923.85.224

Mangvom pon, cream coloured hand spun cotton cloth with woven designs at either end in red and black. The cloth is made in two pieces and is hand sewn together down the centre.

1923.85.224

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
Mangvom pon, cream coloured hand spun cotton cloth with woven designs at either end in red and black. The cloth is made in two pieces and is hand sewn together down the centre.
Long description
Mangvom pon, cream coloured hand spun cotton cloth woven on a back strap loom [loin loom]. The cloth is made in two pieces and is hand sewn together down the centre using black cotton thread. There is a band of woven designs at either end in red and black featuring supplementary weft designs of stripes, zig-zags, diamonds and a band of thicker black yarn. Each of the short ends is edged with handstitched red thread and there is a tassel in the centre where the cloths are stitched together.
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Assam Nagaland Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram Meghalaya
Cultural groups
Thado
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 Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Stitched, Process Supplementary Weft Woven, Process Spun
Dimensions
Width: max 1080 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1923.85.224
Research and responses

This textile was viewed by S. Seigoulien Haokip, a Kuki PhD researcher from the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS University of London on Friday 25 July 2025, organised as part of the Clothworkers’ Textile Project.

This textile has been confirmed as Kuki Thado.

This textile is not only used as a shawl and therefore the term “Mangvom pon”, rather than Mangvom ponsil [shawl], would be best suited.

“With regard to dyes and materials, in the past, the Kuki weavers used to make their own yarns and dyes from organic sources. Today, the yarns available in different colours are directly purchased from the market.” [EW 27/08/2025]

Search terms: Textile, Clothing, Clothing Textile, Body Cloth