Descriptions

The front of this true indigo jacket is waist length, with no decoration. The back of the jacket is full length. The sleeves are pink, and white coloured with a thin strip of indigo cloth decorated with a flower print (almost in batik style). On the back of the jacket the lower part of the textile is decorated with alternating panels of brown, pink, and cream cloth interspersed with strips of indigo cloth decorated with the flower print. As the donor information is unavailable for this jacket, details of its exact provenance are unknown, however, it was collected by the same person who donated the Lisu woman’s jacket worn for special occasions or weddings (106/2000/7).

Although the decoration and colour of panelled strips are different to 106/2000/7, the design of the jacket is exactly the same. Initially, the batik style flower print is distracting as it does not appear to be typically tribal however research into photographic evidence at the James Green Centre, Brighton, has revealed a photo of a young girl wearing a skirt with the very same pattern – photo 0302. Therefore, it is proposed that this jacket is a variation of a theme of a Lisu woman’s outfit. Further research would, however, clarify this matter.

This object is not on display.