Ornament; large feather, white with a black band, tied at the base to smaller white feathers, a tuft of dyed red goats' hair and a piece of black textile [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/9/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Ornament; large feather, white with a black band, tied at the base to smaller white feathers, a tuft of dyed red goats' hair and a piece of black textile [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/9/2005]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Angami Naga
Person: Field collector Beatrice Ingram; PRM source Edward Maurice Berkeley Ingram
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1900
Date collected: 1900- 1901
Acquisition information: Donated: 1923
Materials and processes: Material Bird Feather, Material Goat Hair Animal, Material Pigment, Material Textile, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Length: max 430 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.54.9
Research and responses: Pitt Rivers Museum display label - NAGA HILLS, ANGAMI Tail feathers of the Great Hornbill (Dichoceros bicornis), worn as head plumes by warriors who have taken heads. Coll. Miss B. Ingram, 1900. d.d. 1923. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/9/2005]
Associated publications: This object was featured in the Museum's audio guide produced during the DCF-funded 'What's Upstairs?' project, 2004–2006. [BR 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/11/2005]