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1928.69.803

Carved wooden horned human head with red hair fringe, worn by warriors. [DCF Court Team 22/2/2003]

1928.69.803

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Collection type
Object
Description
Carved wooden horned human head with red hair fringe, worn by warriors. [DCF Court Team 22/2/2003]
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 1920
Date collected
1920
Acquisition information
Loaned: 1925 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Hair, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Dyed
Dimensions
Length: max 340 mm including fringe
Object numbers
Accession number: 1928.69.803
Associated publications
Reproduced in colour on page 199 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: Ornament, Status, Figure, Headhunting

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