Accession No

1977.874.2


Description

Strip of woven and partially felted wool for shoe making. Long, rectangular piece of dark red wool with circular motifs; yellow, green and red motifs alternate with white, blue and red motifs; edges cut.


Place

Asia; South Asia; India; Kashmir; Ladakh; Leh Tahsil


Period


Source

Reynolds, Jill [field collector]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1977.874.2


Cultural Affliation

Kashmiri


Material

Fibre; Wool; Pigment


Local Term

Tigma


Measurements

70mm x 5mm x 690mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Label attached with string: 'Tigma / (shoemaking)'
On reverse: '4b'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring


Context (Related Documents)
See associated correspondence stored in CUMAA paper archive

Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring


Context (Field collection)
Collected by Reynolds in 1977.
Event Date 1977
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1977.874[.1-2]: 'Two strips of felt for shoe-making. One strip of dark red, the other brown. Stencilled with yellow, green, white, red and blue in circular wheel-type patterns.'
Event Date 1977
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Carine Durand description for 1977.874[.1-2]: 'The dark red strip is stencilled with yellow, white and green circular wheel-type patterns. The brown is mainly stencilled with yellow, blue and red circular wheel-type patterns'.
Event Date 5/7/2005
Author: ashleigh griffin


Description (Physical description)
Strip of woven and partially felted wool for shoe making. Long, rectangular piece of dark red wool with circular motifs; yellow, green and red motifs alternate with white, blue and red motifs; edges cut.
Event Date 22/3/2024
Author: Katrina Dring


Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.5928 | Freezing
Event Date 26/4/2024
Author: Kirsty Kernohan


FM:311140

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