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Warrior basket

Inscription on the slide: Basket with cat's head Entry in the main historical catalogue: Basket of the Naga of Jaboka and Sangloi Entry in historical catalogue: Dengsa, Basket of the Naga of Jaboka and Sangloi. Black woven basket with a band of red and yellow canework on the upper edge. A lynx head in the centre. Decorated with long tufts of grass, three of which usually hang on a string of beads or on a row of cores.

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Cultural attribution
Naga (in Joboka / in Sangloi)
Object type
Warrior basket
Dimensions
Depth: 66,5 cm
Height: 30,5 cm
Depth: 29,5 cm
Width: 37 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibres , Skin , Glass, Seeds , Wood, Textile, Job's tears (Coix lacryma)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 28142

Provenance and sources

Production
when
2nd half of the 19th century
where
India
who
Naga (in Joboka / in Sangloi)
Collecting
who
Eduard von Ohlendorff - Former Possessors
Samuel E. Peal (1834 - 1897) - Collectors
Assignment to a curated holding:
South and Southeast Asia

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