Chest ornament with a pendant in the shape of a human face.

Collection type: Object
Description: Chest ornament with a pendant in the shape of a human face.
Long description: Chest ornament with a pendant in the shape of a human face on a string collar of orange cylindrical beads. The features of the face have been carved in relief and it has two ear ornaments decorated with red woollen tassels and blue, yellow and black beads. [PR [OPS move] 3/7/2017]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Konyak Naga
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1930
Date collected: May 1930
Acquisition information: Donated: 1930
Materials and processes: Material Brass Metal, Material Bead, Material Yarn, Material String, Process Cast, Process Perforated, Process Strung
Dimensions: Length: max 310 mm including beads, Width: max 70 mm, Depth: max 34 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1928.69.1291
Associated publications: Reproduced in colour on page 252 of The Nagas - Hill Peoples of Northeast India: Society, Culture and the Colonial Encounter, by Julian Jacobs with Alan Macfarlane, Sarah Harrison and Anita Herle (London: Thames and Hudson, 1990). [SM 21/10/2011]