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1967.18.31

Cattle hide strip used as armour. [BH [OPS move] 1/9/2017]

1967.18.31

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Collection type
Object
Description
Cattle hide strip used as armour. [BH [OPS move] 1/9/2017]
Long description
Cattle hide strip used as armour. Covered in a black hair on one side. [BH [OPS move] 1/9/2017]
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Assam Arunachal Pradesh
Cultural groups
Nyishi
Person
Field collector Charles Robert Stonor
PRM source Charles Robert Stonor
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1967
Date collected
By 1967
Acquisition information
Donated: 1967
Materials and processes
Material Cattle Skin Animal
Dimensions
Width: max 250 mm, Diameter: max 130 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1967.18.31
Research and responses

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica Online, the Dafla are a tribal people of eastern Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh, a mountainous state in northeastern India. Dafla is also the name of hills in the region. Assam is bounded to the north by Arunachal Pradesh, and thus both locations have tentatively been suggested as provenances here. [CW 25/10/2000]

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