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Shawl

mid 20th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Naga woman's fringed shawl of embroidered cotton. Made up of two panels. One of the panels changes its weft three times, creating lighter and darker stripes within the blue ground. Decorated all over with red wool thread inserted embroidery under the warp threads and floating in blocks of the top of the cloth. Plaited fringing.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Embroidered cotton in wools
Brief description
Naga woman's fringed shawl of embroidered cotton in wools, Assam, mid 20th century
Physical description
Naga woman's fringed shawl of embroidered cotton. Made up of two panels. One of the panels changes its weft three times, creating lighter and darker stripes within the blue ground. Decorated all over with red wool thread inserted embroidery under the warp threads and floating in blocks of the top of the cloth. Plaited fringing.
Dimensions
  • Width: 86cm
  • Including fringe length: 127cm
Production
Woman's cloth from Ao Naga, Mokokchung, Naga Hills. Part of Archer collection.
Collection
Accession number
IS.142-1989

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Record createdOctober 12, 2004
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