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1884.94.1

Plant fibre umbrella.

1884.94.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Plant fibre umbrella.
Long description
Description taken from Conservation Card by Marie Lee Haynes - Plant fibre umbrella. Rain shield "Shidung koi". Shied shaped cover for head + back. Interior structure of plaited leaf stitched horizontally with cane strips to vertically placed external leaf strips which extend at bottom as a "fringe" of cut edged. Vertical strips at front bound overlapping plaited edge. Cane stiffener from peak front to back of hood inside, outside covered by section of leaf. Strips running back from top of peak, folded and stitched under front of hood, crossed over top and extending down as verticals described above (i.e. [diagram] top view). Post-collection twine loop anchored by wood crossbar at top for suspension. (Marie Lee Haynes 21/02/97) [LKG 30/01/2009]
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1886
Date collected
Before 1886
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Plant Leaf, Process Stitched, Process Bent
Dimensions
Length: max 900 mm approx
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.94.1
Associated publications
Indian Antiquary, Feb. 1895, 'Catalogue of Nicobarese objects', p. 48 '50 (m and f) Shindung-koi (Car Nicobar Endru) Screen made of the leaves of the Nipa fruticans and used in the Southern Group for covering the head and back when exposed to rain.' [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Clothing, Umbrella

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