2 pairs [.1 & .2] of waist-tassels: long loose white cotton threads bound at the top with red cane & orchid stem. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/2/2006]

Collection type: Object
Description: 2 pairs [.1 & .2] of waist-tassels: long loose white cotton threads bound at the top with red cane & orchid stem. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/2/2006]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Chakhesang Naga
Person: Field collector John Henry Hutton; PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1915
Date collected: By 1915
Acquisition information: Donated: 1915
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Yarn Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Orchid Stem Plant, Material Pigment, Process Wound, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Length: max 365 mm, Length: max 375 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.84.148.1 Accession number: 1923.84.148.2
Research and responses: “NAGA, CHOKRI (EASTERN ANGAMI, CHAKRIMA NAGA, CHAKRU, CHOKRI, CHAKHESANG) ... An eastern Angami tribe with its own language.” [JP 16/3/2001]