One of a pair of bamboo ear-plugs with black hair tuft. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 20/10/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: One of a pair of bamboo ear-plugs with black hair tuft. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 20/10/2010]
Long description: One of a pair of bamboo ear-plugs with black hair tuft. The cylinder of bamboo has a hole cut in the side for the hair. The hair is adhered in place with black substance. The bamboo is bound around the middle with plant fibre. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 20/10/2010]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Naga
Person: Field collector Samuel Edward Peal; PRM source Samuel Edward Peal; PRM source Sidney E. Peal
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1897
Date collected: By 1897
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1897
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant, Material Hair, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Perforated, Process Bound, Process Glued
Dimensions: Length: max 210 mm, Length 60 mm bamboo
Object numbers: Accession number: 1897.67.37.1
Research and responses: It seems clear that the name of the collector and donor should be Samuel Edward Peal of Sibsagar, who died in 1897, although perhaps the items were donated after this death by a relative with the same initials? See biographies for more information [AP 20/08/2013]

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