2001.60.15

Collection type

Object

Description

Tent wall cover.

Long description

The cover is made of ten strips of woven material with vertical stripes. The ten strips have been sewn together by hand along their length on both sides. The strips of material consist of differing width stripes mainly in red, blue and greenish brown colours. At the top and bottom the ends have been hemmed by hand. At the top four loops of bright red braid have been sewn to the textile. These loops are presumably for hanging the cover. On the front of the cover in the middle at the top there is an applique decoration. This consists of a green triangle of cloth on top of which has been sewn a smaller triangle of red cloth. The red triangle has been embroidered with a swastika symbol in plain white cotton yarn. [MdeA 23/9/2002]

Geographical reference

India

Asia > Southern Asia > India

Jammu and Kashmir State Ladakh Debring

Person

Maker Jamyang

Field collector Monisha Ahmed

PRM source Monisha Ahmed

Date / Period

Date made: 1975

Date collected

August 1995

Acquisition information

Purchased: 2001

Materials and processes

Material Sheep Hair (Wool) Animal, Material Cotton Yarn Plant, Material Synthetic Yarn, Process Woven, Process Stitched, Process Appliqué, Process Repaired (local)

Dimensions

Width 1275 mm, Length 1590 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 2001.60.15 Other numbers: 15

Research and responses

Illustrated on page 121 (fig. 128) in Living Fabric. Weaving among the Nomads of the Ladakh Himalaya by Monisha Ahmed (Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2002) [JP 30/1/2003]

Search terms: Textile, Dwelling, Tent, House-ornament