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1953.10.92

Sprig of cotton in a frame.

1953.10.92

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Collection type
Object
Description
Sprig of cotton in a frame.
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Nagaland Doyang River
Cultural groups
Lotha Naga
Person
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1923
Date collected
23 November ?1922 ?1923
Acquisition information
Found unentered: 1953
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant
Dimensions
Length: max 195 mm frame
Object numbers
Accession number: 1953.10.92
Research and responses

Jhum is the practice of a shifting cultivation. [Encyclopædia Britannica Online] [CF 18/7/2000]

Search terms: Specimen, Plant, Textile

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