Jacket Item Number: Ee13 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A child's jacket made from a single piece of fabric folded at the shoulders and stitched along the sides with openings left for the arms and the front left open. Main design is consisting of red, yellow, and white diamond motifs in three horizontal bands on a black background.
History Of Use
Child's jacket or galuk is worn like a shirt, often coming to the wearer's knees.
Cultural Context
worn by a child
Item History
- Made in Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh, India before 1975
- Collected during 1975
- 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
- Jacket
- Identification Number
- Ee13
- Type of Item
- jacket
- Material
- cotton fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed and woven
- Overall
- height 31.0 cm, width 30.9 cm, depth 0.4 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tangsa
- Previous Owner
- Arunachal Pradesh Museum Shop and Stephen Inglis
- Received from
- Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) and Stephen Inglis (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh, India
When
- Creation Date
- before 1975
- Collection Date
- during 1975
- Ownership Date
- before December 2, 1977
- Acquisition Date
- on December 2, 1977
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 103
- Accession Number
- 0411/0007