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1934.82.167.2

Leg band: a strip of inner bark of sago palm, stitched with strings of coix seeds placed vertically. There are bamboo stiffeners at each end of the band and it is edged with red-dyed cane binding. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 2/11/2005]

1934.82.167.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Leg band: a strip of inner bark of sago palm, stitched with strings of coix seeds placed vertically. There are bamboo stiffeners at each end of the band and it is edged with red-dyed cane binding. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 2/11/2005]
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Nagaland
Cultural groups
Khiamniungan Naga
Person
Field collector James Philip Mills
PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1936
Date collected
27 November 1936
Acquisition information
Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Sago Palm Fibre Plant, Material Abrus Precatorius Seed Plant, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Width: max 85 mm, Length: max 310 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1934.82.167.2
Associated publications
Reproduced in colour on page 270 of The Nagas - Hill Peoples of Northeast India: Society, Culture and the Colonial Encounter, by Julian Jacobs with Alan Macfarlane, Sarah Harrison and Anita Herle (London: Thames and Hudson, 1990). [SM 19/10/2011]

Search terms: Ornament, Armour Weapon, Leg Ornament, Armour

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