Blanket
c. 1850 (made)
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A man's shawl/blanket. Two lengths stitched together, each L. 2 meters 20 cm. x W. 70 cm.
Navy with woven patterns of fine white stripes along the length and two horizontal widely spaced red and yellow bands.
Navy with woven patterns of fine white stripes along the length and two horizontal widely spaced red and yellow bands.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton textile. Weaving. Dyeing. |
| Brief description | Possibly a Chin man's garment to be worn in cool weather from Rakhine State Burma. Dark blue with white, red and yellow stripes. c. 1850. |
| Physical description | A man's shawl/blanket. Two lengths stitched together, each L. 2 meters 20 cm. x W. 70 cm. Navy with woven patterns of fine white stripes along the length and two horizontal widely spaced red and yellow bands. |
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| Object history | Received from Arracan in 1855 |
| Production | 1880 Slip Book states that this garment was received from Arracan in 1855 and goes onto describe it as a man's garment or in local terminology a khess. According to Sabah Husain in Sept 1995 this is an Indian term used to describe a shawl like garment thrown over the shoulders by men in cool weather. Sandra Dudley of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford in 1999 attributes it probably to the Chin hill people. |
| Other number | 2579 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 4811(IS) |
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| Record created | December 1, 2003 |
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