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1923.85.668.2

Bow for bowed lute 1923.85.668 .1. Made from ?bamboo and strung with horse hair. [FC 17/9/2008]

1923.85.668.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bow for bowed lute 1923.85.668 .1. Made from ?bamboo and strung with horse hair. [FC 17/9/2008]
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Manipur Charoi
Cultural groups
Chiru
Chiru
Thado
Person
Field collector John Henry Hutton
PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1923
Date collected
By 1923
Acquisition information
Donated: 1929
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Bamboo Plant, Material Horse Hair Animal, Process Carved, Process Covered, Process Pegged
Dimensions
Width: max 150 mm, Length: max 790 mm, Depth: max 150 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1923.85.668.2
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, and 'Old Kiku' is in turn a linguistic sub-group of 'Kuki-Chin'. For this item, the Thado or Zo are not meant - the Chiru are a group distinct from them. [SHD 7/6/2000

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