Young man’s cloth of woven white cloth, with orange [faded from red], black and white stripes at the sides.

Collection type: Object
Description: Young man’s cloth of woven white cloth, with orange [faded from red], black and white stripes at the sides.
Long description: Young man’s cloth of woven white cloth, with orange [faded from red], black and white stripes at the selvedges. The cloth is constructed from four panels, stitched together. The two central panels are plain white. The two outer panels are striped black, white, orange, white and black flanked by a broad orange stripe and finished with black stripe at the selvage. The warp ends have been twisted and knotted to form a very short fringe at each end. There are two longer bunches of orange and black tassels at the joins between the white and edge panels. Along each short edge of the cloth are two decorative weft lines, each formed of orange and black supplementary weft yarns.
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Cultural groups: Liangmai Naga
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1930
Date collected: 2 October 1930
Acquisition information: Donated: 1931, uncertain
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Stitched, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Supplementary Weft Woven
Dimensions: Width: max 1101 mm, Length: max 1921 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1928.69.1426

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