Object

Accession No

1988.454

Description

Tsughumini. A woman's skirt made from two panels of black cotton sewn together; one panel is woven with thin yellow stripes; the other panel is also woven with wide blue stripes with thin yellow and red stripes. It is embroidered with patches of red and yellow wool, and red zig-zags along one edge; cut cowrie shells have been stitched in rectangular shapes and clusters of three.

Place

Asia; South Asia; India; North East India; Nagaland; Zunheboto

Period

Source

Zhimomi, Salome [collector and vendor]; Cassia, Paul Sant [donor]

Department

Anth

Reference Numbers

1988.454; MAA: 1988.455 [incorrectly labelled]

Cultural Affliation

Naga; Sumi [Sema]

Material

Cotton; ?Wool; ?Synthetic Fibre; Shell; Cowrie Shell

Local Term

Tsughumini

Measurements

950mm x 1380mm

Events

Context (Production / use)
Worn at Tuluni Festival (what forefathers used to do) held on 8th July

Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Modern woman' s skirt made of woven cotton with horizontal lines; blue waist band followed by black, both with yellow and red fine lines running through. Decorated with cut cowrie shells and cross-stitched red and yellow wool embroidery; Good; Whole
Event Date 11/8/1988
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Tsughumini. A woman's skirt made from two panels of black cotton sewn together; one panel is woven with thin yellow stripes; the other panel is also woven with wide blue stripes with thin yellow and red stripes. It is embroidered with patches of red and yellow wool, and red zig-zags along one edge; cut cowrie shells have been stitched in rectangular shapes and clusters of three.
Event Date 17/7/2024
Author: Emily Shorter

Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.5983 | Freezing
Event Date 22/7/2024
Author: Anne Doering

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