- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Warrior's breast ornament cerhu-hu (enemy's teeth) of wood fringed with red dyed goats hair.
- Long description
- Warrior's breast ornament cerhu-hu (enemy's teeth) of wood fringed with red dyed goats hair. The surface is covered with black cloth with red and orange paper ornamentation edged with coix lachryma seeds representing teeth?
- Cultural groups
- Angami Naga
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1924
- Date collected
- By 1924
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 11/1924 Donated: 1928
- Materials and processes
- Material Coix Seed Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Goat Hair Animal, Material Textile, Material Paper Plant, Process Dyed, Process Woven
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1923.85.167
Search terms: Ornament, Status, Breast Ornament
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