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1928.69.1075

Woman's skirt of dark blue cloth with red bands.


1928.69.1075

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Collection type
Object
Description
Woman's skirt of dark blue cloth with red bands.
Long description
Woman's skirt of dark blue cloth with red bands. The cloth is formed of two panels of dark blue woven cotton, stitched together with dark blue yarn. It is decorated with six broad red bands, each formed by supplementary weft inlays of red wool. There are three narrow warp lines of red along either selvedge, and weft lines of red at each end. There are also single lines of red wool supplementary weft placed at irregular intervals in the dark blue areas. The warp threads are twisted and knotted into a fringe at each end.
Geographical reference
Nagaland; Mokongtsü
Cultural groups
Ao Naga
Person
Field collector James Philip Mills
PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1926
Date collected
August 1926
Acquisition information
Loaned: 09/1927 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Textile Plant, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Material Cotton Yarn Plant, Process Stitched, Process Supplementary Weft Woven
Dimensions
Length: max 1187 mm, Width 540 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1928.69.1075

Search terms: Textile, Clothing, Status, Skirt