- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- One from a bundle of seven bamboo calthrops or panjis. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 28/09/2010]
- Long description
- One from a bundle of seven bamboo calthrops or panjis. The stick tapers to a long point at one and a short point at the other end. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 28/09/2010]
- Cultural groups
- Naga
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1922
- Date collected
- By 1922
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 05/1922, uncertain Donated: 1923
- Materials and processes
- Material Bamboo Plant, Process Carved, Process Split
- Dimensions
- Length: max 314 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1923.84.849.4
- 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]
1923.84.849.4
One from a bundle of seven bamboo calthrops or panjis. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 28/09/2010]
1923.84.849.4
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