Context (Other owners)
Produced for the market. Presented to Shobha Nehru, wife of Braj Kumar Nehru, when her husband was Governor of Assam, Nagaland, Maghalaya, Manipur and Tripura (1968-1973).
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Wool and cotton body cloth. Black and red stripes with fringes at ends. Central white band with painted human heads, elephant, mithan, ?chickens, lion, ?tigers, peacock, dao and spear, sun, stars and geometric designs. Good; Whole.'
Event Date 1978
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited: 'The Nagas' CUMAA July 1990 - April 1992.
Event Date 7/1990
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Cloth made from five lengths of cloth stitched together. The two pieces at the edge are coarsely woven in red with black stripes; the next two pieces are more finely woven and are black with red stripes. The central strip is natural/white painted in black.
Event Date 3/8/2005
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Black and red striped body cloth decorated with painted panel. Rectangular woven cloth composed of five panels; the two outer panels are woven red wool with narrow black cotton stripes; two inner panels of black cotton with groups of narrow red stripes; central narrow white cotton panel decorated with black painted or printed geometric motifs and animals including chicken, tiger, lion, bull, peacock and elephant; crossed weapon motif with a human face either side; pair of rising suns with crescent moons and star.
Event Date 8/1/2024
Author: Katrina Dring