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1938.35.1476

Baldric: a strip of warp-faced indigo-dyed cotton textile (2 selvedges, fringed at ends) with supplementary weft lozenge pattern in red wool. Fringe of red and white goat hair bound with orchid stem.

1938.35.1476

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Collection type
Object
Description
Baldric: a strip of warp-faced indigo-dyed cotton textile (2 selvedges, fringed at ends) with supplementary weft lozenge pattern in red wool. Fringe of red and white goat hair bound with orchid stem.
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Nagaland
Cultural groups
Sümi Naga
Person
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1922
Date collected
1922
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Textile Plant, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Material Goat Hair Animal, Material Orchid Stem Plant, Material Pigment, Process Woven, Process Supplementary Weft Woven, Process Bound, Process Dyed
Dimensions
Width: max 270 mm, Length: max 1581 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.35.1476 Other numbers: 2145
Research and responses

Old label in Related Documents File. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 16/11/2005]

Search terms: Ornament, Ritual and Ceremonial, Clothing, Shoulder Ornament, Sash Belt

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