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Wrap Skirt1473/10

Ceremonial skirt, or apron. The main body of the piece is made of black cotton textile. The lower third of the garment consists of a finely-woven, horizontally striped, multicoloured textile, with many woven geometric motifs. Two horizontal, parallel rows of closely-spaced cowrie shells are affixed to the apron just above this patterned textile and extend almost all the way across the width of the garment. Many long strands of dark red glass and metallic cylindrical beads, interspersed with white seeds, are attached below this double row of shells and hang freely to the bottom of the garment. Each strand of beads is finished with a tuft of wool, resembling a small tassel.

Culture
Ch'in
Material
cotton fibre, cowrie shell, jacob's tear seed ?, tin metal, glass, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Nagaland, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wrap Skirt1473/9

Rectangular, ceremonial skirt, or apron. The main body of the piece is made of black cotton textile which is bordered on the right-hand side with a narrow multicoloured, patterned vertical stripe. Several small ‘rosettes’ made of cowrie shells are scattered across the width of the main body of the apron. The lower third of the garment consists of a finely-woven, horizontally striped, multicoloured textile, with many woven geometric motifs. A horizontal row of closely-spaced cowrie shells is affixed to the apron just above this patterned textile and extends almost all the way across the width of the garment, and below it is a parallel row of Jacob’s tears seeds. Many long strands of dark red and blue glass beads and metallic cylindrical beads, interspersed with Jacob’s tears seeds, are attached below these rows of shells and seeds and hang freely to the bottom of the garment. Each strand of beads is finished with a tuft of wool, resembling a small tassel.

Culture
Ch'in
Material
dye, cotton fibre, cowrie shell, jacob's tear seed ?, tin metal, glass and wool fibre
Made in
Nagaland, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wrap Skirt1473/8

Rectangular, ceremonial skirt, or apron. The main body of the piece is made of black cotton textile which is bordered at the top with a narrow, brown and gray horizontal stripe. The lower third of the garment consists of a finely-woven, horizontally striped, multicoloured textile, with many woven geometric motifs. A horizontal row of closely-spaced small clam shells is affixed to the apron just above this patterned textile and extends almost all the way across the width of the garment. Many long strands of dark red glass and metallic cylindrical beads, interspersed with white seeds, are attached below this row of shells and hang freely to the bottom of the garment. Each strand of beads is finished with a tuft of wool, resembling a small tassel.

Culture
Ch'in
Material
cotton fibre, clam shell, jacob's tear seed ?, tin metal, glass, plastic, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Nagaland, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wrap Skirt1473/4

Rectangular, ceremonial skirt, or apron. The main body of the piece is made of black cotton textile which is bordered at the top with a narrow multicoloured horizontal stripe. The lower third of the garment consists of a finely-woven, horizontally striped, multicoloured textile, with many woven geometric motifs. A horizontal row of closely-spaced cowrie shells is affixed to the apron just above this patterned textile and extends almost all the way across the width of the garment. Many long (38 cm) strands of dark red glass and metallic cylindrical beads, interspersed with white seeds, are attached below this row of shells and hang freely to the bottom of the garment. Each strand of beads is finished with a tuft of red wool, resembling a small tassel.

Culture
Ch'in
Material
cotton fibre, cowrie shell, jacob's tear seed ?, tin metal, glass, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Nagaland, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagEi27

Orange, cotton bag made of two rectangular pieces of hand woven cloth machine sewn together at the bottom with a fringe. Wide band is sewn on the sides and extends to form the strap. Decorated with hand embroidered stylized birds, butterfly, elephant and flower like forms is interspersed with various geometric designs of which the diamond shape is most prevalent on this bag; designs in light orange, white, green and red. Some of the design has been woven into the fabric.

Culture
Naga
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Nagaland, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShawlEi26

Long rectangular shawl made of three rectangular strips of hand woven black cotton cloth machine stitched together to make one large cloth. There are stylized designs hand embroidered in darning stitch, depicting various sizes of elephant, butterfly, bird and flower-like forms in purple, white, orange and green. Decorative pulled thread open-work border at each end.

Culture
Naga
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Nagaland, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashEi25

Hand-woven cotton belt decorated with a geometric design. The pattern consists of diamond shapes of different sizes divided by rows of plain bands of colours. A long fringe of twisted red cotton thread is left on each end. At one end this fringe has been partly broken away. Colours are red, yellow, black, red and orange.

Culture
Naga
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Nagaland, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearB764

The red-brown wood shaft (part a) is decorated with red and black stiff hair, either goat hair dyed red or mithune (wild buffalo), as well as long red-brown hair. There are metal deltoid-shaped points at both ends, one of which is loose (part b).

Culture
Naga
Material
iron metal, horse hair and wood
Made in
Nagaland, India ? or Assam, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearB762

Long spear that is pointed at both ends. One end is has five tufts of red and black hair. The other end has another section of red and black hair that has been cut close to the body of the spear. Sections are divided by woven grass bands.

Culture
Naga
Material
wood, mithune hair ?, buffalo wool fibre, goat hair ? and grass ?
Made in
Nagaland, India ? or Assam, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearB761

Long spear that is pointed at both ends. One end is has six tufts of red and black hair. The other end has another section of red and black hair that has been cut close to the body of the spear. In between both sections of hair is a section of red and yellow striped woven grass.

Culture
Naga
Material
wood, goat hair ?, buffalo wool fibre, mithune hair ? and grass ?
Made in
Nagaland, India ? or Assam, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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