Model of carved house planks in six pieces [.1-.6] [SM (Verve) 03/10/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Model of carved house planks in six pieces [.1-.6] [SM (Verve) 03/10/2013]
Long description: Model of carved house planks in six pieces [.1-.6] The pieces join together to form three panels with a frame. The left panel [.4] is carved with three sets of stylised horns representing a wild boar and two sambhur. [MJD (Verve) 21/2/2017]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Chakhesang Naga
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1936
Date collected: 31 December 1936
Acquisition information: Donated: 1938
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions: Width: max 315 mm total, Length: max 312 mm total
Object numbers: Accession number: 1934.82.243.4
Associated publications: Reproduced in colour on page 211 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). "(Top left Naga copies of morung carvings with human figures, hornbills, a tiger, mithan horns and an elephant. PR and MOM) Refers to: Left - 1934.82.26, top right: currently unsure, bottom right: 1934.82.243 [SM (Verve) 03/10/2013]