- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Ear ornaments of cane work disc with fringes of dyed hair and two longer tufts dangling. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 26/10/2010]
- Long description
- Ear ornaments [.1-.2] of cane work disc with fringes of dyed hair and two longer tufts dangling. The central disc is made of woven red dyed cane and yellow orchid stem. There is a piece of cottonwool in the centre. The ornament has a semicircular fringe of two layers in red, black and white dyed hair (some colour is faded). The long tufts of hair are red and white striped and the other is plain black. The back of the ornament has a small cylinder of twill woven cane for insertion in the ear. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 26/10/2010]
- Cultural groups
- Naga
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1897
- Date collected
- By 1897
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1897
- Materials and processes
- Material Hair, Material Orchid Stem Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Pigment, Material Cottonwool Fibre Plant, Process Woven, Process Bound, Process Twill Woven, Process Dyed
- Dimensions
- Length: max 205 mm, Diameter 74 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1897.67.40.1 Accession number: 1897.67.40.2
- 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]
Search terms: Ornament, Ear Ornament