Unmarried girl's dancing skirt of orange [faded from red] cloth with five white bands edged with dark blue bands.

Collection type: Object
Description: Unmarried girl's dancing skirt of orange [faded from red] cloth with five white bands edged with dark blue bands.
Long description: Unmarried girl's dancing skirt of with orange [faded from red], with five white bands and edged with one black and one white warp stripe at the selvedges. The white bands contain two thin black warp stripes. The cloth is constructed from four panels, stitched together. The cloth has five black tassels at both ends. The cloth has seven short black and orange supplementary weft decoration at one side. The cloth also has three short orange and black supplementary weft decoration at the other side.
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 1931
Date collected: March 1931
Acquisition information: Donated: 1931, uncertain
Materials and processes: Material Textile, Material Yarn, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Supplementary Weft Woven, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Width: max 373 mm, Length: max 1086 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1928.69.1427

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