Native Name | Kumfang |
Object Number | A164 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Ao | Chin (Burmese Culture) |
Provenience | India | Aimon |
Date Made | Collected 1900 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Cotton |
Description | Kamfang or Kumfang. A skirt worn by women. Cotton warp-faced plain weave with alternating float weave. Collected in India and thought to be Ao Naga. Current scholarship suggests the piece is from the Chin people (Thado Group). One thin vertical stripes in gold and red at each end. One broad horizontal band at the top and bottom with gold, red, white and dark blue striping. Made from two panels, joined in the center. Two ties at either end. |
Length | 163 cm |
Width | 93 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of William Henry Furness 3rd, Hiram M. Hiller, and Alfred Craven Harrison Jr., 1900 |
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