Wooden dao carrier with blue and red woven belt. [SM 27/02/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden dao carrier with blue and red woven belt. [SM 27/02/2007]
Long description: Wooden dao carrier with blue and red woven belt. The carrier is decorated on one side with two rows of acutely angled triangles filled with cross hatching facing inwards with two rows of incised circles in the centre. There are 11 triangles on each row and 23 circles on each row. There is an incised chevron pattern at either end of the decorated side. The carrier is also decorated with an incised pattern that covers both ends where the belt passes through. The belt is blue and red and decorated with a chevron pattern for part of its length. At the ends of the belt the woven fabric develops into blue tassels or lengths of blue string. [SM 27/02/2007]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Ao Naga
Person: Field collector John Henry Hutton; PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1919
Date collected: By 1919
Acquisition information: Donated: 12/1919, uncertain Found unentered: 1923
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Textile, Material Wool Textile Animal, Process Carved, Process Woven
Dimensions: Height: max 53 mm carrier, Width: max 52 mm carrier, Length: max 176 mm carrier, Length: max 1160 mm belt
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.84.548

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