Rich woman's skirt

Collection type: Object
Description: Rich woman's skirt
Long description: Skirt consisting of two woven panels joined together length-wise. The two panels are of cotton woven in black, red and pale blue stripes with four broad stripes of pale blue thread decorated with triangular shapes of red and black. The ends of the skirt are fringed and one long edge of the skirt is lined with small pellet bells of (gilt?) copper alloy. [MdeA 13/5/2005]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland Chuchu Yimlang Village
Cultural groups: Ao Naga
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1936
Date collected: 15 July 1936
Acquisition information: Donated: 1936, uncertain Found unentered: 2005
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Textile Plant, Material Cotton Yarn Plant, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Brass Metal, Process Woven, Process Gilded
Dimensions: Width: max 815 mm, Length: max 1380 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2005.76.1
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: 155

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