Woven basket with three monkey skulls. [MOBB [OPS move] 15/12/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Woven basket with three monkey skulls. [MOBB [OPS move] 15/12/2016]
Long description: Woven basket with three monkey skulls, two rectangles (one which is perforated) of monkey hide, and two tusks attached. The basket has an oblong bottom and expanding sides, woven using two different openwork weaves. The section of weaving behind the monkey skull has a band of blonde and red weft added. The top section is a close wicker work of dark brown weft and black warps. [MOBB [OPS move] 15/12/2016]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Naga
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source William Henry Parker
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1909
Date collected: By 1909
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1909
Materials and processes: Material Monkey Bone Animal, Material Monkey Skin Animal, Material Animal Part, Material Animal Horn, Material Orchid Stem Plant, Process Openwork Woven, Process Basketry, Process Stitched, Process Supplementary Weft Woven, Process Decorated, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Height: max 330 mm, Width: max 279 mm, Length: max 316 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1909.59.1
Research and responses: Parker's full first name came from the 1901 census where he is listed as William H. Parker aged 37 born in Oxford and living in St Ebbes, a dealer in antiques [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 20/02/2007]

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