Skirt of red with a grey red striped selvage, with narrow blue bands edged with black and yellow lines, the bands worked with designs in red and yellow.

Collection type: Object
Description: Skirt of red with a grey red striped selvage, with narrow blue bands edged with black and yellow lines, the bands worked with designs in red and yellow.
Long description: Skirt of a girl whose parents have done mithan sacrifice of red with a grey red striped selvage, with narrow blue bands edged with black and yellow lines. The bands worked with designs in red and yellow wool/cotton in the supplementary weft. The textile is constructed from two pieces of cloth. [MJD 02/11/2012]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Cultural groups: Sümi 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, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Supplementary Weft Woven, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Width 532 mm, Length 1015 mm approx
Object numbers: Accession number: 1928.69.1576

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