Bag
ca. 1920 (made)
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Shoulder bag (n'hpye) made of embroidered and dyed cotton. The front of the bag is embroidered in pinks, greens and navy horizontal rows of diamond shapes. Geometric patterns in red, yellow and white are embroidered onto the side panels. Made of a strip of unbleached cotton cloth (width 19 cm), of double thickness, folded in half with the fold forming the pocket, and a narrow strip of navy woven cloth (width 5.5 cm) also folded, forming the sides and carrying sling, and finished in twisted and knotted tassels.
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Materials and techniques | Embroidered cotton, dyed |
Brief description | Shoulder bag (n'hpye) made of embroidered and dyed cotton, Kachin State, Burma, ca. 1920 |
Physical description | Shoulder bag (n'hpye) made of embroidered and dyed cotton. The front of the bag is embroidered in pinks, greens and navy horizontal rows of diamond shapes. Geometric patterns in red, yellow and white are embroidered onto the side panels. Made of a strip of unbleached cotton cloth (width 19 cm), of double thickness, folded in half with the fold forming the pocket, and a narrow strip of navy woven cloth (width 5.5 cm) also folded, forming the sides and carrying sling, and finished in twisted and knotted tassels. |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs. M. F. Dunn |
Object history | One of the articles (IS 16 to 20-1987) acquired in c. 1925 by the donor's husband, Wilfred James Dunn, during his time of service with the British Medical Corps in Burma. Dunn was stationed at Thayetmyo, Rangoon, Maymyo and Mandalay. A white cotton n'hpye (shoulder bag) in plain weave worn by a person of the Maru an ethnic group of Kachin State, northern Burma. Decorated with side tassels and colourful geometric designs. ca. 1920. For similar example of a shoulder bag from Kachin State see 2357 (IS). |
Historical context | The Maru, a farming people, are a major sub-group of the Kachins, who occupy the great tract of hill-country in Northern Burma around the headwaters of the Chindwin and Irrawaddy rivers. |
Production | Previously thought to be from an ethnic group in the Shan States. Re-attributed to the Maru of Kachin State by Sandra Dudley of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford University. 1999 |
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Accession number | IS.18-1987 |
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Record created | May 10, 2004 |
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