Pair [.1 & .2] of arm ornaments, or gauntlets; wide penannular cylindrical-conical band of bronze ornamented with stud-like projections. One stud missing from [.2]. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/11/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pair [.1 & .2] of arm ornaments, or gauntlets; wide penannular cylindrical-conical band of bronze ornamented with stud-like projections. One stud missing from [.2]. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/11/2005]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Myanmar (Burma)
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Myanmar (Burma); Kachin State
Cultural groups: Singpho; Naga; Khiamniungan Naga
Person: Field collector John Henry Hutton; PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1919
Date collected: By 1919
Acquisition information: Loaned: 12/1919 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes: Material Brass Metal, Process Cast
Dimensions: Diameter: max 68 mm, Height: max 105 mm, Height: max 101 mm, Diameter: max 69 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.84.491.1 Accession number: 1923.84.491.2
Research and responses: 'Singpho' refers to Jinghpaw Kachin, the main group in Burma's Kachin State. [SHD 12/4/2000]
Associated publications: Probably reproduced in colour on page 266 of The Nagas - Hill Peoples of Northeast India: Society, Culture and the Colonial Encounter, by Julian Jacobs with Alan Macfarlane, Sarah Harrison and Anita Herle (London: Thames and Hudson, 1990). [SM 20/10/2011]