Legging
ca. 1920 (made)
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Jinghpaw woman's pair of black and red patterned leggings. Kachin State. Burma. dating from about 1920
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Brief description | Jinghpaw woman's pair of black and red patterned leggings. Kachin State. Burma. dating from about 1920 |
| Credit line | Given by Jennifer F. M. Horne |
| Object history | The donor's father was in the Indian Medical Service and this pair of leggings together with: a wrap-skirt (IS.4-2004); a head-cloth (IS.5-2004); a shoulder-bag (IS.7-2004) and a bachelor belt (IS.8-2004) were acquired by her mother in the 1920s when she was in Burma with her husband. |
| Historical context | This pair of leggings would have been worn by a woman of the Jinghpaw Tribe who traditionally built their villages on mountain ridges in Kachin State or northern Shan State in north east Burma. |
| Production | Previously considered by the donor to be from Karen State it was re-attributed by Frances Franklin & Deborah Swallow in 2003. |
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| Accession number | IS.6:1-2004 |
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| Record created | March 8, 2004 |
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