1923.84.745

Collection type

Object

Description

Lengta groin cover; decorated with red weaving & painted dogs and cockerels (unknown dark brown pigment). [ZM 26/01/2006]

Long description

Lengta groin cover; decorated with red weaving & painted dogs and cockerels (unknown dark brown pigment). The groin cover is made from a natural coloured cotton, the edges stitched with black cotton. The bottom portion of the groin cover is decorated on one side with a band of red woven design, above and below which are bands of painted linear designs surmounted with painted dogs and cockerels in a dark brown pigment. At the top of the groin cover is a band of cotton textile to secure the groin cover around the waist. The groin cover is weighted with four brass fasteners, two on either side. [FB 08/08/2014]

Geographical reference

India

Asia > Southern Asia > India

Nagaland; Settsü village

Cultural groups

Ao Naga

Person

Field collector John Henry Hutton

PRM source John Henry Hutton

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1919

Date collected

By 1919

Acquisition information

Donated: 1919, uncertain Donated: 1923, uncertain

Materials and processes

Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Woven, Process Stitched

Dimensions

Height: max 504 mm bag only, Width: max 227 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1923.84.745

Associated publications

Reference: Naga Textiles Design, Technique, Meaning and Effect of a Local Craft Tradition in Northeast India, Main author: Marion Wettstein; Stuttgart, 2014, Page: 149

Reproduced in colour on page 275 of The Nagas - Hill Peoples of Northeast India: Society, Culture and the Colonial Encounter, by Julian Jacobs with Alan Macfarlane, Sarah Harrison and Anita Herle (London: Thames and Hudson, 1990). [SM 20/10/2011]

Search terms: Clothing, Status, Figure, Groin-cover, Bird Figure, Animal Figure