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1928.69.1434

Patterned skirt of wife of a man who has given full series of feasts of merit [SM 04/05/2007]


1928.69.1434

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Collection type
Object
Description
Patterned skirt of wife of a man who has given full series of feasts of merit [SM 04/05/2007]
Long description
The skirt is made from two piece of cloth sewn together with seven lines of white stitches in the lower half. One piece has red and blue stripes, the second is white with red and blue stripes. [SM 04/05/2007]
Geographical reference
Nagaland
Cultural groups
Rengma Naga
Pochuri
Person
Field collector James Philip Mills
PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1931
Date collected
12 April 1931
Acquisition information
Donated: 1931, uncertain
Materials and processes
Material Textile, Material Orchid Stem Plant, Material Pigment, Process Woven, Process Embroidered, Process Dyed, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Width: max 405 mm, Length: max 950 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1928.69.1434
Research and responses

Reproduced in colour on page 305 of The Nagas - Hill Peoples of Northeast India: Society, Culture and the Colonial Encounter, by Julian Jacobs with Alan Macfarlane, Sarah Harrison and Anita Herle (London: Thames and Hudson, 1990)

Search terms: Textile, Clothing, Status, Skirt