Skirt Cloth
20th century (made)
| Place of origin |
The ground fabric is dark red silk with green, blue and white stripes of warp faced plain weave with tiny geometric patterns in white, pale blue and brown silk thread in supplementary weave picked in with a quill.
Grey/blue band typical of Haka.
NB Ends on wrong side are not an indication of embroidery which is practically unknown amongst the Chin Tribes.
Grey/blue band typical of Haka.
NB Ends on wrong side are not an indication of embroidery which is practically unknown amongst the Chin Tribes.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silk, silk threads, dye. Sericulture weaving, supplementary weaving and dyeing |
| Brief description | A Haka woman's woven silk wrap skirt from Chin State Burma. Ground of dark red with green, blue and white stripes with geometric patterns in green, pale blue, white and brown in a supplementary weave. c. 1st half of the 20th century. |
| Physical description | The ground fabric is dark red silk with green, blue and white stripes of warp faced plain weave with tiny geometric patterns in white, pale blue and brown silk thread in supplementary weave picked in with a quill. Grey/blue band typical of Haka. NB Ends on wrong side are not an indication of embroidery which is practically unknown amongst the Chin Tribes. |
| Production | Haka people, North Chin State. (Further attribution by Deborah Lindsay Garner, 2002 and David W. Fraser The Textile Museum of Washington, D. C., 2003 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.41-1997 |
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| Record created | November 17, 2003 |
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