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

Collection type: Object
Description: Decorated wooden dao carrier with blue and red woven belt. [SM 27/02/2007]
Long description: Decorated wooden dao carrier with blue and red woven belt. The wooden carrier is incised on one side with two rows of inward facing, acutely angled triangles filled with cross hatching, each with a small circle on the top. There are 10 triangles on one row and 17 on the other. A zigzag pattern runs down the centre and there are two incised trapeziums also filled with cross hatching are on either side of the triangle rows. A belt is threaded through the carrier. It is decorated with a woven chevron and diamond pattern in red and blue. The braids are made of bands of colour, including blue, red, yellow and black with small red pompoms on the ends. [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, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Height: max 52 mm carrier, Width: max 58 mm carrier, Length: max 165 mm carrier, Length: max 1265 mm belt
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.84.549

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