Accession No
Z 41311 E
Description
Man's sash with goat hair fringe, worn diagonally across the chest. Rectangular band of woven blue cotton with floating weft pattern of diamonds in red wool; fringe of long goat hair in red with three areas of white; bundles of hair wrapped with yellow orchid stem at the top, with a much shorter fringe wrapped in the same way above; fringe at both ends of woven band twisted into three groups for tying.
Place
Asia; South Asia; India; Northeast India; Nagaland
Period
Source
Hutton, John Henry (Prof.) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 41311 E
Cultural Affliation
Naga; Sumi [Sema]
Material
Cloth; Cotton; Wool; Hair; Goat Hair; Plant; Orchid
Local Term
Measurements
1950mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Rectangular metal-rimmed tag attached with string: 'Baldrick / Naga Hills / dd. J.H. Hutton 1933'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 41311 A-H: '8 baldricks. Cotton band with long fringe of red and white goat's hair. Worn by men diagonally across chest.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Collected by: Hutton, J. H. in 1933
Event Date 1933
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Man's sash with goat hair fringe, worn diagonally across the chest. Rectangular band of woven blue cotton with floating weft pattern of diamonds in red wool; fringe of long goat hair in red with three areas of white; bundles of hair wrapped with yellow orchid stem at the top, with a much shorter fringe wrapped in the same way above; fringe at both ends of woven band twisted into three groups for tying.
Event Date 16/7/2024
Author: Katrina Dring
Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.5983 | Freezing
Event Date 22/7/2024
Author: Anne Doering
FM:316160
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