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1923.84.989.1

Horned memorial figure [.1] (female) clothed and carrying two baskets, one [.2] is attached via a stick [.3]. [SM (Verve) 18/04/2013]

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1923.84.989.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Horned memorial figure [.1] (female) clothed and carrying two baskets, one [.2] is attached via a stick [.3]. [SM (Verve) 18/04/2013]
Long description
Horned memorial figure [.1] (female) clothed and carrying two baskets, one [.2] is attached via a stick [.3]. The arms are carved from separate pieces of wood that have been attached to the body with wooden pegs. They are bent up at the elbow with the palms open. The figure does not have carved legs. The figure has painted hair and facial decoration. The eyes are made from spherical black seeds or nut husks. Both ears are pierced. The figure has two bands of woven textiles on the body. The upper band is light and dark blue. The lower band (skirt) is white, dark blue and brown stripes. The figure has two square-based baskets, both made of cane strips. One is tied to the figures right hand with a cane strip loop. The other [.2] is tied to a cane stick [.3] and then tucked into the figure's skirt. A cane frame is tied across the figure's body. It goes over the upper band of textiles, but inside the skirt. A short cane stick is tied to the lower section of the figure with cane strips. [SM (Verve) 18/04/2013]
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Nagaland Angfang Village
Cultural groups
Konyak Naga
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector John Henry Hutton
PRM source John Henry Hutton
PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1923
Date collected
April 1923
Acquisition information
Loaned: 10/1923 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Textile, Material Cane Plant, Material Pigment, Material String, Material Plant Seed, Material Plant Nut-husk, Process Carved, Process Woven, Process Perforated, Process Basketry, Process Tied, Process Painted
Dimensions
Height x Width: max 1420 x 265 mm [.1], Length x Width: max 150 x 135 mm [.2], Length x Width: max 315 x 7 mm [.3]
Object numbers
Accession number: 1923.84.989.1 Accession number: 1923.84.989.2 Accession number: 1923.84.989.3
Associated publications
Reproduced in colour on page 209 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 14/10/2011]

Search terms: Figure, Death, Commemoration

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