Circular breast ornament ornamentally covered with circular bands of dyed hair and coix seeds. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 17/09/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Circular breast ornament ornamentally covered with circular bands of dyed hair and coix seeds. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 17/09/2010]
Long description: Circular breast ornament ornamentally covered with circular bands of dyed hair and coix seeds. The hair is mounted onto a circular wooden base. In the centre are three beetle elytra. The ornament has red and yellow dyed goats hair and black hair. There is a fringe of red dyed goats hair around the edge. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 17/09/2010]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Angami Naga
Person: Field collector John Henry Hutton; PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1923
Date collected: By 1923
Acquisition information: Donated: 01/1915 Found unentered: 02/1915
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Goat Hair Animal, Material Coix Seed Plant, Material Pigment, Material Beetle Insect, Material Cane Plant, Process Carved, Process Dyed, Process Stitched, Process Strung
Dimensions: Length 390 mm object, Length: max 442 mm frame, Width: max 364 mm frame
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.84.151