Rich man's cloth of indigo with dull red marginal stripes and central white band worked with red wool. [MJD 19/10/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Rich man's cloth of indigo with dull red marginal stripes and central white band worked with red wool. [MJD 19/10/2012]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland Lazami [Lozami, Lazemi]
Cultural groups: Sümi Naga
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1924
Date collected: 1924
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1925 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Pigment, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Supplementary Weft Woven
Dimensions: Width: max 1260 mm, Length: max 1715 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1928.69.854
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 the village this cloth originated from, Lazami village is a southern Sema village, close to Rengma villages therefore there are design similarities. [FB 26/10/2012]

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