Bag
ca. 1920 (made)
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Shoulder bag (n'hpye) made of a strip of embroidered blue cotton cloth (20 cm wide), of double thickness, folded in half and the fold forms the pocket, and a narrow strip of navy and white woven cloth (3 cm wide), also folded and of double thickness forming the sides and carrying sling, and finished in twisted and knotted tassels.
The front of the bag is embroidered with horizontal rows of stylised animal and human figures in browns, purple, yellows and white. The back of the bag, in similar colours, has alternating rows of diamond shapes and crosses.
The front of the bag is embroidered with horizontal rows of stylised animal and human figures in browns, purple, yellows and white. The back of the bag, in similar colours, has alternating rows of diamond shapes and crosses.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered cotton, dyed |
| Brief description | Shoulder bag (n'hpye) made of embroidered cotton, Kachin State, Burma, ca. 1920 |
| Physical description | Shoulder bag (n'hpye) made of a strip of embroidered blue cotton cloth (20 cm wide), of double thickness, folded in half and the fold forms the pocket, and a narrow strip of navy and white woven cloth (3 cm wide), also folded and of double thickness forming the sides and carrying sling, and finished in twisted and knotted tassels. The front of the bag is embroidered with horizontal rows of stylised animal and human figures in browns, purple, yellows and white. The back of the bag, in similar colours, has alternating rows of diamond shapes and crosses. |
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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 blue cotton <font -i>n'hpye</font> (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. |
| 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 River Museum, Oxford University. 1999 |
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| Accession number | IS.20-1987 |
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| Record created | May 10, 2004 |
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