- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Bamboo calthrops or panjis with long tapered pointed end. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 01/10/2010]
- Cultural groups
- Naga
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1923
- Date collected
- May 1923
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1924
- Materials and processes
- Material Bamboo Plant, Process Carved, Process Split
- Dimensions
- Length: max 239 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1923.85.81.4
- 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]
1923.85.81.4
Bamboo calthrops or panjis with long tapered pointed end. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 01/10/2010]
On display
1923.85.81.4
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