Description (Labels & Markings)
Square printed paper label attached with 'SBC logo on one side and on the other a pattern no. '9690' [iilegible word- may read 'onge'] includes size and stamped with the number '12'
Event Date
Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
Rectangular length of woven cotton textile. Red with horizontal bands of white elongated triangles and stripes. Uncut fringe at narrow ends
Event Date 5/11/2018
Author: rachel hand

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found with four other un-accessioned and unlabelled textile fragments under the table in the textile store in 2003. A note by Tabitha Cadbury reads 'TIBET or NOT? Found under table in Shorts Textile 1 14/8/2003'. No visible numbers or labels.

However the style and patterns are reminiscent of Asia and Malaysian textiles. It is possible that these are part of a larger group of un-accessioned Skeat textiles, some of which were found stored in the Textile store in 2005 during the Shorts DCF Project, and were never fully rationalised.

Presumed to be part of the W.Skeat collections, comprising two separate collections, Skeat I (originally donated in 1899) and Skeat II (purchased in 1902). Neither of these collections were fully accessioned until the 1980s (?1985-6) when objects was given Z numbers. The black printed number and letter suffixes adhered to objects and often listed on the catalogue cards may be display numbers, as the collection was exhibited without accessioning.
Event Date 5/11/2018
Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
Rectanglular cloth of woven cotton. Red cloth with two large white stripes in the centre; two rows of white triangles in the centre of these stripes; groups of white stripes of various thicknesses coming out from the centre on each side; rows of white triangles and elongated triangles; uncut fringe at each end.
Event Date 23/10/2024
Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller

Context (Amendments / updates)
This object does not bear any labels or inscriptions to identify it as part of the Skeat Collections. It is unclear whether it was ever stored in a box or with a note to link it to Skeat, but because there is nothing on the object and the notes left by previous members of staff do not explain why Skeat was assigned as the source, this has now been removed. Instead, it can be linked as coming from Asia; South Asia; India; Odisha; Sambalpur based on the fact that 1982.7, and others, have the same paper label attached, linking it to the Sambalpur Bastralaya Handloom Cooperative Society. Deborah Swallow has tentatively been added as the collector due to the fact that the rest of the objects with a similar tag came from her.
Event Date 23/10/2024
Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller