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kilt
Textile

kilt

before 1927

Maori kilt (piupiu) with a braided waistband and ties. The body of the kilt is made of tightly rolled leaves of New Zealand flax which have been patterned along their length by creating two alternatin...

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Archive Object File

kilt

c.1914-1918

1 Kilt, tartan, part of the uniform service dress of WP Watt

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Archive Object File

kilt

c.1914-1918

1 London Scottish kilt with pocket inc. tie ribbons, blue

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kilt

c.1914-1918

1 London Scottish kilt, thicker and in better condition than 56A

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Ishan (Esan) kilt
Textile

Ishan (Esan) kilt

c. 1965

A striped and geometrically patterned black, red and yellow kilt, to be worn with a toga. It was woven on a vertical loom by a woman in the town of Ewohimi, in the Ishan area, northeast of Benin City....

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Archive Print Item

A kilt pin and a button

Newall, Joan

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Archive File

Tartan: The Origin and Development of the Cloth and its Characteristic Form, the Kilt

Wordley, Vivienne E

1977

A study looking at the relationship between tartan and Scotland, and tartan and the rest of the world; between the practical, functional side of tartan, and the symbolic role it has played in the past...

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Archive Object File

undershorts

c.1914-1918

1 Pair undershorts, tartan (as kilt), part of the uniform service dress of WP Watt

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Category: Lice and Delousing

A.R.Boyle (GS) Diary 1.10.15 - kilts disinfected - not very effective.

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Category: Lice and Delousing

R. Burns (GS). Recollections, p.18 for method of removing horse fleas from his kilt.

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