Textile, dark blue with three narrow lines of white, one at each side and one in the middle. [MJD 19/10/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Textile, dark blue with three narrow lines of white, one at each side and one in the middle. [MJD 19/10/2012]
Long description: Textile, dark blue with three narrow lines of white, one at each side and one in the middle, these are decorated in supplementary weft designs in red and blue wool. [MJD 19/10/2012]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
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 Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Supplementary Weft Woven
Dimensions: Width: max 869 mm, Length: max 1430 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.85.250
Research and responses: This textile was seen on a research visit by Khesheli Chishi and Kitoli Naje Sema Naga women from Nagaland and Vibha Joshi on the 23/24th October 2012. They commented that this cloth would be worn as a skirt by a rich man's wife. Vibha has the name of who the skirt was owned/given by. [FB 26/10/2012]
This textile was seen by Ngutoli Y Swu (a Sümi Naga researcher) on a research visit between 17-19 January 2023. The current correct spelling of the village where it comes from is Sukhalu. [BLJS 19/01/2023]

Search terms: Textile, Clothing, Status, Body Cloth

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