Pair of woman's leggings. Each is a length of warp-faced white cotton textile (two selvedges) with two narrow black warp stripes and spaced black supplementary weft stripes in wool. At one corner of each legging are three short strings, by which the two leggings are tied together. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 14/11/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pair of woman's leggings. Each is a length of warp-faced white cotton textile (two selvedges) with two narrow black warp stripes and spaced black supplementary weft stripes in wool. At one corner of each legging are three short strings, by which the two leggings are tied together. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 14/11/2005]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Sangtam Naga
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1925
Date collected: March 1925
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1925 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes: Material Pigment, Material Cotton Textile Plant, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Process Dyed, Process Woven, Process Supplementary Weft Woven
Dimensions: Width: max 114 mm, Length: max 710 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1928.69.849.1 Accession number: 1928.69.849.2
Research and responses: Old label in Related Documents File. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 14/11/2005]

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