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Warrior basket

Index card: Dengsa, men's basket for Naga from Banpara Joboka and Sangloi; brown basket, decorated with four bird's heads (only one of which is almost complete) and tufts of grass.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Naga (in Banpara / in Joboka / in Sangloi)
Object type
Warrior basket
Dimensions
Height: 32 cm
Width: 31 cm
Depth: 14 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibres , Seeds , Glass, Bird beaks, Bird heads, Seeds (Paternoster pea, Abrus precatorius)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 28151

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    2nd half of the 19th century
    where
    India
    who
    Naga (in Banpara / 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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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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