Lost-wax cast brass union or joint for rice beer syphon tubes, representing a bird, possibly a falcon. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/4/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Lost-wax cast brass union or joint for rice beer syphon tubes, representing a bird, possibly a falcon. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/4/2005]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1937
Date collected: 1937
Acquisition information: Donated: 1938
Materials and processes: Material Brass Metal, Process Lost Wax Cast
Dimensions: Height: max 120 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1934.82.281
Research and responses: JP Mills retired from India in 1947 so these objects must probably have been collected prior to that date [AP 19/7/2000]