Blanket

A150

From: India | Kohima

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Lawhei
Object Number A150
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sema
Provenience India | Kohima
Date Made Collected 1900
Section Asian
Materials Cotton
Description

Lawhei. Four panels. Black ground with four thin, alternating yellow and pink horizontal bands along the long edges. A wider, pink band is sewn closest to and along the long edges. Fringed at one end, sewn with yellow and pink thread at the opposite, and sewn with black thread along both long edges.

Length 113 cm
Width 184 cm
Credit Line Gift of William Henry Furness 3rd, Hiram M. Hiller, and Alfred Craven Harrison Jr., 1900

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