Unmarried girl's dance skirt of striped black, orange and white cloth. [MJD 18/2/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Unmarried girl's dance skirt of striped black, orange and white cloth. [MJD 18/2/2010]
Long description: Unmarried girl's dance skirt of striped black, orange and white cloth. The cloth is constructed from two panels. The skirt has three white strips (each with two black stripes), four orange stripes and black eight stripes. There are narrower stripes at the edges. The warp ends are sewn up in a blanket stitch known locally as 'kaheliambe'.
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Zeme Naga
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1931
Date collected: 9 April 1931
Acquisition information: Donated: 1931, uncertain
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Dyed, Process Woven, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Width: max 419 mm, Length: max 1155 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1928.69.1417
Research and responses: In a virtual meeting with members of the Zeme Naga community in Manipur on 16th September 2021, organised as part of the Talking Threads Project, the group noted that the stitch used to sew up warp ends of cloths is known locally as ‘kaheliambe’. For the full recording please see the project file.

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