Flat wooden platter with handle, for mixing opium. [MJD 29/09/2014]

Collection type: Object
Description: Flat wooden platter with handle, for mixing opium. [MJD 29/09/2014]
Long description: Flat wooden platter with handle, for mixing opium. The pattern incised on one side represents an aeroplane. [MJD 29/09/2014]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Arunachal Pradesh
Cultural groups: Miju
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1947
Date collected: Before 1947
Acquisition information: Donated: 1948
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Incised, Process Carved
Dimensions: Width: max 154 mm, Length: max 245 mm, Thick: max 10 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1948.8.25
Research and responses: JP Mills retired from India in 1947 so these objects must probably have been collected prior to that date [AP 19/7/2000]

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