Woman's stole to be worn with skirt 2008.54.4 .1 [MdeA 25/07/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Woman's stole to be worn with skirt 2008.54.4 .1 [MdeA 25/07/2008]
Long description: Woman's stole. Made from a single strip of warp faced weave textile. The textile has a central black stripe decorated at either end with supplementary weft designs in orange / yellow highlighted with gold yarn. One either side of the black stripe are three narrow green stripes (2 - 3 mm wide) and a broad yellow stripe 74 mm wide. The stole has black selvages. At both ends of the stole are three rows of yellow and green stitching. The warp threads have been left long and twisted in bunches and knotted at the end to form fringes. [MdeA 25/07/2008]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland Kohima
Cultural groups: Angami Naga
Person: Maker Designer - Mrs D. Belho; Field collector Vibha Joshi; PRM source Vibha Joshi
Date / Period: Date made: Before 10/2006
Date collected: October - November 2006
Acquisition information: Acquired: 14/05/2007 Acquired: 2008
Materials and processes: Material Synthetic Yarn, Material Synthetic Textile, Process Woven
Dimensions: Width: max 496 mm, Length: max 1700 mm excluding fringe
Object numbers: Accession number: 2008.54.4.2

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