Shawl made from nine pieces of black and white cotton textile. There are four bands of white decorated with supplementary weft designs in red and black cotton yarn. [FB 02/11/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Shawl made from nine pieces of black and white cotton textile. There are four bands of white decorated with supplementary weft designs in red and black cotton yarn. [FB 02/11/2012]
Long description: Shawl made from nine pieces of black and white cotton textile, once belonging to a high status feast-giver. There are four bands of white decorated with supplementary weft designs in red and black cotton yarn. The side pieces are black with three orange stripes. [FB 02/11/2012]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Cultural groups: Rengma Naga; 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 Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Supplementary Weft Woven
Dimensions: Length: max 1580 mm approx, Width: max 1160 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.85.245

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