Part of an old notched house-post, probably recording numbers of guests invited to the owner’s mithan sacrifice and later hung up as an ornament. [BS [OPS move] 13/7/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Part of an old notched house-post, probably recording numbers of guests invited to the owner’s mithan sacrifice and later hung up as an ornament. [BS [OPS move] 13/7/2017]
Long description: Part of an old notched house-post, probably recording numbers of guests invited to the owner’s mithan sacrifice and later hung up as an ornament. Length of wood with raised vertical and horizontal sides, deep notches are cut into these forming a zigzag in the concavely curved sides. Thick plant fibre cord is threaded through a perforation at one end. [BS [OPS move] 13/7/2017]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Angami Naga
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1934
Date collected: By 1934
Acquisition information: Donated: 1938
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Process Carved, Process Notched, Process Knotted, Process Twisted
Dimensions: Depth: max 68 mm, Width: max 118 mm, Length: max 639 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1934.82.57

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