- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Plant spathe for feathering a spear, elongated leaf shape with a smooth reverse side.
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Konyak Naga
- Person
- Field collector John Henry Hutton
- Field collector James Philip Mills
- PRM source John Henry Hutton
- PRM source James Philip Mills
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1923
- Date collected
- April 1923
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1923
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Spathe, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 24 mm, Width: max 104 mm, Length: max 275 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1923.84.975
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