Woman’s skirt of dark blue woven cloth with central white panel. [MJD 26/3/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Woman’s skirt of dark blue woven cloth with central white panel. [MJD 26/3/2010]
Long description: Woman’s skirt of dark blue woven cloth with central white panel. The cloth is constructed from three panels. The white panel has a double zigzag design in red, black and yellow wool in the supplementary weft. The white panel has thin double black lines. The dark blue panels have thin double weft lines of light pink yarn. The end of the dark blue panels have three weft lines of red and white yarn. The white panel has a zigzag pattern in the supplementary weft, in red and black at one end and at the othe end in pink and black wool. One edge of the dark blue panel has three short supplementary weft lines in red and yellow yarn. The cloth has fringe at both ends. [MJD 26/3/2010]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Rengma Naga
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1930
Date collected: 1930
Acquisition information: Donated: 1931, uncertain
Materials and processes: Material Textile, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Material Yarn, Process Woven, Process Stitched, Process Supplementary Weft Woven
Dimensions: Width: max 595 mm, Length: max 1290 mm with tassels, Length: max 1120 mm without tassels
Object numbers: Accession number: 1928.69.1441

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