Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum
AboutHire the MuseumNewsletterUniversity of Oxford

1923.84.150.1

Belt of cotton ropes [.1], ends bound with black and red yarn, with wooden pin [.2]. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 29/4/2005]

1923.84.150.1

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
Belt of cotton ropes [.1], ends bound with black and red yarn, with wooden pin [.2]. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 29/4/2005]
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 Wood Plant, Process Woven
Dimensions
Length: max 150 mm, Length: max 770 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1923.84.150.1 Accession number: 1923.84.150.2
Research and responses

“NAGA, CHOKRI (EASTERN ANGAMI, CHAKRIMA NAGA, CHAKRU, CHOKRI, CHAKHESANG) ... An eastern Angami tribe with its own language.” [JP 16/3/2001]

Search terms: Ornament, Clothing, Waist Ornament, Belt, Pin

Further items to explore