Shoulder Bag
1935-1939 (made)
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Formed from one length of cloth folded in half (the fold forming the pocket of the bag) stitched to a heavy plait of cotton forming the sides and carrying strap.
Dark blue with geometric patterns in pinks, maroon and green.
Dark blue with geometric patterns in pinks, maroon and green.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton. Woven hand loomed with warp face. Additional supplementary weft. |
| Brief description | A Burmese shoulder bag possibly from Kachin State. Hand loomed with supplementary weft geometric patterns in pinks, maroon and green. c. 1935 to 1939 |
| Physical description | Formed from one length of cloth folded in half (the fold forming the pocket of the bag) stitched to a heavy plait of cotton forming the sides and carrying strap. Dark blue with geometric patterns in pinks, maroon and green. |
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| Object history | Believed to have been collected by the donor's father while he was resident in Burma in the second half of the 1930s. |
| Production | No further attribution came with this bag but it strongly resembles a Kachin bag GK 1 in the Bankfield, Halifax, Yorkshire collection attributed to Kachin State. See Costumes of Upper Burma and the Shan States; R. A. Innes; Halifax Museums 1957; Fig. 17, text p. 19 |
| Other number | LOAN:COCHRANE D F.19 - Previous loan number |
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| Accession number | IS.41-1998 |
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| Record created | November 12, 2003 |
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