Copy of a carved teak post in a ruined morung. [EH [OPS Move] 17/7/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Copy of a carved teak post in a ruined morung. [EH [OPS Move] 17/7/2017]
Long description: Copy of a carved teak post in a ruined morung. Rectangular wooden plank, painted in black at one end with a roughly rectangular shape, and two concentric cicles. One rectangular piece of wood protrudes from the side of the plank, painted black. Two snakes lie on the top of the plank, carved from the same piece of wood and touching at the tips of their beaks. The snakes have zig-zag bodies and are painted on the sides with brown and black zig zags, on the top with brown and black stripes and circles and at one end with facial features and triangles in brown and black. The brown pigment is blood, and the black pigment indigo. [EH [OPS Move] 17/7/2017]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland Mokokchung
Cultural groups: Ao Naga
Person: Field collector John Henry Hutton; PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1916
Date collected: By 1923
Acquisition information: Donated: 1916
Materials and processes: Material Teak Wood Plant, Material Blood, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Depth: max 160 mm, Length: max 1705 mm, Width: max 175 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.84.246

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