Comb with curved red-lacquered back and bamboo teeth, worn by men (a pair on each side of a high top-knot of hair) [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 10/12/2004]

Collection type: Object
Description: Comb with curved red-lacquered back and bamboo teeth, worn by men (a pair on each side of a high top-knot of hair) [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 10/12/2004]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Mizoram Mizo [Lushai] Hills
Cultural groups: Maram Naga
Person: Field collector Leslie Waterfield Shakespear; PRM source Leslie Waterfield Shakespear
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1923
Date collected: By 1923
Acquisition information: Donated: 1923
Materials and processes: Material Lac Insect Lacquer Varnish, Material Bamboo Plant, Process Lacquered Varnished
Dimensions: Length: max 70 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.13.30
Research and responses: Related Documents File - Letter from Leslie Waterfield Shakespear to Henry Balfour dated 24/5/1923 which accompanied the objects sent to the Pitt Rivers Museum and states that 'Each [object] has a little label pinned or gummed to it telling which tribe & locality it hails from.' In the letter, Shakespear also describes the locations of his military service in India. [GI 19/11/2001]

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