Cloth of a man who has taken heads, with two white panels with stamped and painted decoration. [SM 09/05/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Cloth of a man who has taken heads, with two white panels with stamped and painted decoration. [SM 09/05/2007]
Long description: Cloth of a man who has taken heads, with two white panels with stamped and painted decoration. The panels are decorated with images representing decapitated men and men who have taken heads, warriors, dance tails tiger's eyes, elephants, deers, tigers, shambhurs, mithan and a python swallowing a deer. The edges have small red and black woven designs. [SM 09/05/2007]
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 1931
Date collected: 1931
Acquisition information: Donated: 1932, uncertain
Materials and processes: Material Textile, Material Pigment, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Painted, Process Stamped, Process Decorated
Dimensions: Width: max 1380 mm, Length: max 1550 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1928.69.1553
Associated publications: Reference: Naga Textiles Design, Technique, Meaning and Effect of a Local Craft Tradition in Northeast India, Main author: Marion Wettstein; Stuttgart, 2014, Page: 107

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