Petticoat

Description

Petticoat of black cotton with white band at top, ornamented with cowries sewn on in threes to form trefoils, and in twelves to form double lines, with slight embroidery in red: Assam, Ghukwi Village, Sema Nagas

Museum reference

A.1947.145

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Petticoat

Production information

Ghukwi Village, Assam, India, South Asia

Style / Culture

Sema Naga

Materials

Cotton, Cowrie shell

Physical description

Black cotton with white band at top; ornamented with cowries sewn on in threes to form trefoils, and in twelves to form double lines; slight embroidery in red