Skirt
Item number Ee9 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Dark red cotton rectangle skirt with a series of fine yellow and green woven stripes horizontally across the fabric in the middle and along the edges. Running vertically in the centre is a woven chevron pattern in yellow, green, dark red, black and white.
History Of Use
The 'punning galle' is the most common type of galle in the Padem-Minyong section of the Adi tribes. Women wear this fabric rectangle wrapped around the lower half of their bodies secured by tucking in the corner at the waist. The most important part of the material culture of the tribes of Arunachal Pradesh is weaving. There is an intensely personal nature to the clothing which is made by a family for its own use. Weaving is associated with many taboos which vary from group to group. It is considered dangerous to talk about clothing or to wear something worn by another person. Clothing is usually buried with its owner.
Iconographic Meaning
The design on the 'pore' (bold centre stripe) is called 'amik' or eye.
Cultural Context
worn by women
Item History
- Made in Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India before 1976
- Collected during 1976
- Owned by Arunachal Pradesh Museum Shop
- Owned by Stephen Inglis before December 2, 1977
- Received from Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) and Stephen Inglis (Seller) on December 2, 1977
What
- Name
- Skirt
- Identification Number
- Ee9
- Type of Item
- skirt
- Material
- cotton fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed and woven
- Overall
- height 124.6 cm, width 92.1 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Who
- Culture
- Adi
- Previous Owner
- Arunachal Pradesh Museum Shop and Stephen Inglis
- Received from
- Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) and Stephen Inglis (Seller)
When
- Creation Date
- before 1976
- Collection Date
- during 1976
- Ownership Date
- before December 2, 1977
- Acquisition Date
- on December 2, 1977
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0411/0023
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