Young man’s cloth of white with orange and black stripes at the selvedges.

Collection type: Object
Description: Young man’s cloth of white with orange and black stripes at the selvedges.
Long description: Young man’s cloth of white with orange and black warp stripes at the selvedges. The cloth is formed of four panels of warp-faced woven cotton stitched together with white yarn. The two central panels are white. The two outer panels each have a broad orange stripe along the outer edge and a narrow orange stripe flanked by two narrow black stripes. Along each short edge of the cloth are three decorative weft lines, each formed of orange and black supplementary weft yarns. Where the panels join, and at the edges, these yarns form short tassels. The warp ends have been twisted and knotted to form a very short fringe at each end.
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Cultural groups: Liangmai Naga; Zeme Naga
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1930
Date collected: 1 October 1930
Acquisition information: Donated: 1931, uncertain
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Woven, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Dyed, Process Stitched, Process Supplementary Weft Woven
Dimensions: Width: max 970 mm, Length: max 1815 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1928.69.1401

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