Carrying bag of white cloth embroidered in many colours with animal and human figures and patterns on the front and small lozenges on the back. The handle has matwork pattern in blue. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 15/12/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Carrying bag of white cloth embroidered in many colours with animal and human figures and patterns on the front and small lozenges on the back. The handle has matwork pattern in blue. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 15/12/2005]
Geographical reference: Myanmar (Burma)
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Myanmar (Burma); Kachin State Between Kumon Taung [Kumon Range] and Mali Hka [Malika] river Sumprabum [Sumpra Bum]
Cultural groups: Singpho; Hkahku; Hkaku
Person: Field collector James Henry Green; PRM source James Henry Green
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1934
Date collected: By 1934 [By 1931 ?*]
Acquisition information: Donated: 1934
Materials and processes: Material Textile, Material Pigment, Process Dyed, Process Spun, Process Woven, Process Embroidered, Process Stitched, Process Supplementary Weft Woven
Dimensions: Width: max 245 mm, Length: max 275 mm without handle
Object numbers: Accession number: 1934.81.96
Research and responses: 'Hkahku' means 'upriver' and refers to Jinghpaw-speaking groups living north of Myitkyina in Kachin State. Green amongst others, however, refers to them separately from the Jinghpaw. [SHD 5/2/2001]
It is likely that Green collected this item at source. [SHD 5/2/2001]

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