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2008.54.14.2

Woman's shawl to be worn with skirt 2008.54.14 .1. [MdeA 11/09/2008]

2008.54.14.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Woman's shawl to be worn with skirt 2008.54.14 .1. [MdeA 11/09/2008]
Long description
Woman's shawl made from a single strip of warp faced weave textile. The shawl is bright orange / yellow in colour. At both ends of the shawl there is a band approximately 225 mm long of geometrical design supplementary weft weaving in gold yarn. These two bands of supplementary weft run across the whole width of the textile. The warp threads have been twisted together in groups and knotted at the end to form a fringe at both ends of the textile. [MdeA 12/09/2008]
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Nagaland
Cultural groups
Lotha Naga
Person
Maker Mrs Abeni TCK Lotha
Field collector Vibha Joshi
PRM source Vibha Joshi
Date / Period
Date made: Before 10/2006-11/2006
Date collected
October - November 2006
Acquisition information
Acquired: 14/05/2007 Acquired: 2008
Materials and processes
Material Synthetic Textile, Material Synthetic Yarn, Process Woven, Process Supplementary Weft Woven
Dimensions
Width: max 404 mm approx, Length: max 1620 mm excluding fringe, approx
Object numbers
Accession number: 2008.54.14.2

Search terms: Clothing, Textile, Shawl

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