Small wooden dao carrier with carved decoration and string belt for a boy. [SM 27/02/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Small wooden dao carrier with carved decoration and string belt for a boy. [SM 27/02/2007]
Long description: Small wooden dao carrier with carved decoration and string belt for a boy. The carrier is carved on one side with interlocking ovals which make a pattern of a 13 petal-like carved areas. There are two rows of carved lines, or chevrons to either side of this interlocking oval pattern. The belt is threaded through the back of the carrier and is made of many lengths of string. There is a knot mid way down on one side and a looped section midway on the other side. These presumably acted as a method of joining the belt around the waist. [SM 27/02/2007]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Ao Naga
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1920
Date collected: July 1920
Acquisition information: Loaned: 11/1920 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material String, Process Carved
Dimensions: Width: max 50 mm carrier, Length: max 890 mm belt, Length: max 105 mm carrier, Height: max 37 mm carrier
Object numbers: Accession number: 1928.69.16