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1923.85.575

Bamboo drinking vessel, with figure of a warrior carrying a head carved in high relief. [ZM 26/02/2007]

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1923.85.575

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bamboo drinking vessel, with figure of a warrior carrying a head carved in high relief. [ZM 26/02/2007]
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Nagaland
Cultural groups
Phom Naga
Person
Field collector John Henry Hutton
PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1929
Date collected
By 1929
Acquisition information
Donated: 1929
Materials and processes
Material Bamboo Plant, Process Carved
Object numbers
Accession number: 1923.85.575
Associated publications
Illustrated in colour (image reversed) with other bamboo cups (this one is the second from the left) on page 337 of The Nagas: Hillpeoples of Northeast India by Julian Jacobs (Germany: Staib + Mayer, 1990). Group caption (page 336) reads: 'Bamboo drinking vessels, chungas, with relief carving indicating head-taking status and sexual fertility.' [ZM 26/02/2007]

Search terms: Vessel, Food and Drink, Figure, Cup, Food Accessory