Pair of ear ornaments of boar's tusks, attached to metal cones and with fringes of red goat's hair. The insides of the cones are decorated with coix seeds, and [.1] also has two beetle wings. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/12/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pair of ear ornaments of boar's tusks, attached to metal cones and with fringes of red goat's hair. The insides of the cones are decorated with coix seeds, and [.1] also has two beetle wings. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/12/2005]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Manipur Chin Hills
Person: Field collector John Comyn Higgins; Field collector Elsie Isabel Higgins; PRM source Elsie Isabel Higgins
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1962
Date collected: By 1962
Acquisition information: Donated: 1962
Materials and processes: Material Coix Seed Plant, Material Beetle Insect, Material Pigment, Material Goat Hair Animal, Material Boar Tooth Animal, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Length: max 280 mm, Length: max 370 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1962.7.15.1 Accession number: 1962.7.15.2 Other PRM accession number: 1962.7.15a Other PRM accession number: 1962.7.15b

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