Half finished basketry quiver [.1] for holding calthrops or panjis with wooden last [.2]. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 29/09/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Half finished basketry quiver [.1] for holding calthrops or panjis with wooden last [.2]. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 29/09/2010]
Long description: Half finished basketry quiver [.1] for holding calthrops or panjis with wooden last [.2]. The cylindrical wooden last is still in the inside the basket. The bottom and top of the basket are chequer woven with a open section in the centre. The cane is strips are loose at the top. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 29/09/2010]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Zeme Naga
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1936
Date collected: 17 March 1936
Acquisition information: Donated: 1938
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Basketry, Process Chequer Woven, Process Carved
Dimensions: Width: max 50 mm, Length: max 354 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1934.82.16.1 Accession number: 1934.82.16.2
Research and responses: According to Jacobs, J. (1990) The Nagas: Hillpeoples of Northeast India, Stuttgart: Staib + Meyer, p. 356 'panji: hardened bamboo spikes, stuck upwards in ground in injure enemies or game.' [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 24/09/2010]

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