Rectangular wooden dao carrier (for dao 1923.84.460.1) with carved curvilinear design, threaded on textile belt covered with coix seeds. [LM 28/2/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Rectangular wooden dao carrier (for dao 1923.84.460.1) with carved curvilinear design, threaded on textile belt covered with coix seeds. [LM 28/2/2007]
Long description: Fringed belt is of indigo dyed cotton textile with brocaded patterns in red wool. There are two sections of coix seeds. One end of the belt has been folded obliquely and caught down by bone and bamboo fastening. [LM 28/2/2007]
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 1919
Date collected: By 1919
Acquisition information: Loaned: 12/1919 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Coix Seed Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Cotton Textile Plant, Material Wool Textile Animal, Material Bamboo Plant, Material Bone, Process Woven, Process Brocaded Woven, Process Carved, Process Appliqué, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Width: max 120 mm sheath, Width: max 90 mm belt, Length: max 220 mm sheath, Length: max 910 mm belt
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.84.460.2

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