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1928.69.77

Flat hair pin of bone with dot decoration. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 11/10/2005]

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1928.69.77

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Collection type
Object
Description
Flat hair pin of bone with dot decoration. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 11/10/2005]
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Nagaland
Cultural groups
Konyak Naga
Person
Field collector James Philip Mills
PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1918
Date collected
1918
Acquisition information
Loaned: 11/1920 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes
Material Animal Bone, Process Carved, Process Impressed
Dimensions
Length: max 250 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1928.69.77
Associated publications
Reproduced in colour on page 217 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]

Search terms: Clothing Headgear, Ornament, Hair Ornament