1962.7.23

Collection type

Object

Description

Priming horn, a curved horn with detachable lid at pointed end tied to the body with string.

Long description

Priming horn, a curved horn with detachable lid at pointed end tied to the body with string. The lid is secured to the body with string that is knotted through a hole in the lid and tied to a copper alloy loop in the body of the powder horn. The horn has been ?painted with a shiny black pigment or resin. [SM 08/10/2007]

Geographical reference

India

Asia > Southern Asia > India

Cultural groups

Thado

Zomi

Person

Field collector John Comyn Higgins

Field collector Elsie Isabel Higgins

PRM source Elsie Isabel Higgins

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1962

Date collected

By 1962

Acquisition information

Donated: 1962

Materials and processes

Material Animal Horn, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material String, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Knotted, Process Perforated, Process Painted

Dimensions

Length: max 134 mm, Width: max 26 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1962.7.23

Research and responses

According to Ethnologue, 'Kuki' is a synonym for both the Thado Chin and the Zome (Zo). However, 'Kuki-Chin' is also an overall Tibeto-Burman linguistic sub-grouping, members of which according to Ethnologue include the Falam Chin, the Anal, the Aimol, the Biete, the Hrangkhol, the Lamkang, the Vaiphei and the Purum. In this latter sense, though, 'Kuki' is a broad linguistic family rather than just one of two ethnic groups. In any case, all these groups are Chin. [SHD 7/6/2000]

Search terms: Firearm Weapon, Vessel, Firearm Accessory, Ammunition Holder