One of a pair of ear ornaments made of a wooden stick with plume of dyed goats hair. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 18/10/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: One of a pair of ear ornaments made of a wooden stick with plume of dyed goats hair. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 18/10/2010]
Long description: One of a pair of ear ornaments made of a wooden stick with plume of dyed goats hair. The long length of goat hair is dyed in red and yellow stripes. Around the top are five short fringes of hair in red, black and white. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 18/10/2010]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland Chingtang
Cultural groups: Konyak Naga
Person: Field collector John Henry Hutton; PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1923
Date collected: April 1923
Acquisition information: Donated: 1923
Materials and processes: Material Goat Hair Animal, Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material String Plant, Process Dyed, Process Bound
Dimensions: Width: max 33 mm, Length: max 243 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.84.931.2

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