Accession No
1947.190 B
Description
Warusu. A rectangular body cloth made from three lengths of wool stitched together. The central length is narrow and woven with a pattern of triangle and lozenge shapes in black and red; the two other lengths are red and woven with thin stripes of triangle and lozenge patterns in black. There is fringing along the two short edges.
Place
Asia; South Asia; India; Northeast India; Nagaland
Period
Source
Hutton, John Henry (Professor) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1947.190 B
Cultural Affliation
Naga; Ao
Material
Cloth; Wool
Local Term
Warusu
Measurements
1350mm x 1650mm
Events
Context (References)
See Mills The Ao Nagas p. 36.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Production / use)
Worn by a man who has both done the mithan sacrifice, and is the son of a man who has done it. In some villages it may be worn by a man who has done the mithan sacrifice five times even if his father has not done it.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Red body cloth, Warusu. With light blue bands ornamented with red. Imported wool.; Good; Whole.
Event Date 1947
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Blue-grey stripes are ornamented with diamonds on front of cloth. The front of the cloth is faded.
Event Date 3/8/2005
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Warusu. A rectangular body cloth made from three lengths of wool stitched together. The central length is narrow and woven with a pattern of triangle and lozenge shapes in black and red; the two other lengths are red and woven with thin stripes of triangle and lozenge patterns in black. There is fringing along the two short edges.
Event Date 9/1/2024
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:280702
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