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1923.84.501

Pendant. Two tiger's claws set in wood and cane work, and below these two tiger's teeth set in cane work. [ZM 6/11/2003]

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1923.84.501

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pendant. Two tiger's claws set in wood and cane work, and below these two tiger's teeth set in cane work. [ZM 6/11/2003]
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Nagaland
Cultural groups
Konyak 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 Wood Plant, Material Cat Claw Animal, Material Cane Plant, Material Cat Tooth Animal, Process Plaited
Dimensions
Length: max 210 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1923.84.501
Associated publications
Reproduced in colour on page 256 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 21/10/2011]

Search terms: Ornament, Ritual and Ceremonial, Status, Breast Ornament, Pendant

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