Scarf
c. 1850 (made)
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Breast cloth worn as a scarf hung from the neck over the breasts.
Rectangle formed with two lengths (W. 17 cm) with cross looped knit join along the weft edge. Ground of dark blue/black warp and weft . Narrow supplementary weft weave intersperced with knots and beads on long sides. With two colour red and white weft float. Ends decorated with a fringe of orchid fibre.
Rectangle formed with two lengths (W. 17 cm) with cross looped knit join along the weft edge. Ground of dark blue/black warp and weft . Narrow supplementary weft weave intersperced with knots and beads on long sides. With two colour red and white weft float. Ends decorated with a fringe of orchid fibre.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton textile. Bead ornamentation. Plain weave, supplementary weave and weft float. |
| Brief description | A dark blue breast cloth with fringed ends possibly worn by a woman of the Khumi ethnic group. A Chin people from western Rakhine State, Burma. Distinguished by patterns in supplementary and float weave in red and white and knots and beads on the long sides. c. 1850 |
| Physical description | Breast cloth worn as a scarf hung from the neck over the breasts. Rectangle formed with two lengths (W. 17 cm) with cross looped knit join along the weft edge. Ground of dark blue/black warp and weft . Narrow supplementary weft weave intersperced with knots and beads on long sides. With two colour red and white weft float. Ends decorated with a fringe of orchid fibre. |
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| Object history | Two colour weft float as shown in this garment is also found amongst the Kachin people of Burma. |
| Production | 1880 Slip book states that this garment was received from Arracan in 1855. Further information from David W. Fraser, The Textile Museum of Washington D.C., 2003 attributes it to a Chin group from the western part of Rakhine State possibly the Khumi ethnic group. |
| Other number | 3959 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 05468(IS) |
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| Record created | November 18, 2003 |
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