Wooden dao carrier [.1] with belt [.2] decorated with coix seeds. [El.B 28/2/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden dao carrier [.1] with belt [.2] decorated with coix seeds. [El.B 28/2/2007]
Long description: The dao carrier is flat, with incised and burnt decoration, with a cane strip going across its width. The belt is of blue and white textile, with two panels covered with coix seeds. Cane strips are on each side of the panel. The ends are ornamented with red wool and have short yarn fringes. There is a bone toggle for closing the belt. [El.B 28/2/2007]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Chang Naga
Person: Field collector John Henry Hutton; PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1924
Date collected: By 1924
Acquisition information: Loaned: 06/1924 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes: Material Textile, Material Wood Plant, Material Coix Seed Plant, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Material Cane Plant, Material Bone, Process Woven, Process Stitched, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Pyroengraved Pokerwork
Dimensions: Length: max 850 mm belt, Length: max 235 mm sheath
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.85.36.1 Accession number: 1923.85.36.2

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