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1923.84.466

Flask for priming powder of serow horn, painted black and decorated with red pigment with a lid attached to the body with string. [SM 15/10/2007]

1923.84.466

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Collection type
Object
Description
Flask for priming powder of serow horn, painted black and decorated with red pigment with a lid attached to the body with string. [SM 15/10/2007]
Long description
Flask for priming powder of serow horn, painted black and decorated with red pigment with a lid attached to the body with string. The flask is decorated at the butt and around the centre with red pigment. The lid is perforated with a length of string attached through the perforation. The other end of the string is bound around the centre of the flask. [SM 15/10/2007]
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Assam Nagaland Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram Meghalaya
Cultural groups
Thado
Zomi
Person
Field collector John Henry Hutton
PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1919
Date collected
circa 1919
Acquisition information
Loaned: 1919 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes
Material Animal Horn, Material String, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Bound, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Length: max 185 mm, Width: max 33 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1923.84.466
Research and responses

According to the Oxford English Dictionary a serow, saraw or surow is : "Any of the Asiatic antelopes of the genus Nemorhaedus especially N. thar (N. bubalinus), the Thar." [MdeA] However it is also listed in other sources as a goat or even a goat-antelope. Consequently the material is given as Animal Horn. [CF 21/2/2000]

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]

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