Bachelor Belt
ca. 1920 (made)
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Hand woven white warp and weft cotton.
Centre of the garment plain the ends decorated with deep borders of geometric patterns in green, red, gold, maroon, yellow and pink wool in supplementary weft weaving technique and bound in maroon cotton. Finished in long tassels of fine red braid attached to strung white cowrie beads (Job's Tears).
Centre of the garment plain the ends decorated with deep borders of geometric patterns in green, red, gold, maroon, yellow and pink wool in supplementary weft weaving technique and bound in maroon cotton. Finished in long tassels of fine red braid attached to strung white cowrie beads (Job's Tears).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton, thread, dye, cowrie beads. Plain and supplementary weaving, stitching, dyeing, bead work. |
| Brief description | Red and white bachelor belt with geometric patterns worn by a man of the Jinghpaw tribe of Kachin State, Burma dating from about 1920. |
| Physical description | Hand woven white warp and weft cotton. Centre of the garment plain the ends decorated with deep borders of geometric patterns in green, red, gold, maroon, yellow and pink wool in supplementary weft weaving technique and bound in maroon cotton. Finished in long tassels of fine red braid attached to strung white cowrie beads (Job's Tears). |
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| Credit line | Given by Jennifer F. M. Horne |
| Object history | The donor's father was in the Indian Medical Service and this bachelor belt together with: a wrap-skirt (IS.4-2004); a head-cloth (IS.5-2004); a pair of leggings (IS.6:1:2-2004) and a n'hpye (shoulder bag) (IS.7-2004) were acquired by her mother in the 1920s when she was in Burma with her husband. |
| Historical context | This bachelor belt would have been worn by a man of the Jinghpaw Tribe who traditionally built their villages on mountain ridges in Kachin State or northern Shan State in north east Burma. A bachelor belt was an item on which a young Jinghpaw girl learns to weave and in time presents to her sweetheart. |
| Production | Previously considered by the donor to be from Karen State it was re-attributed by Frances Franklin & Deborah Swallow in 2003. Further examples see: IS.145-1993 & IS.152-1993 |
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| Accession number | IS.8-2004 |
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| Record created | March 10, 2004 |
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