toka

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Warrior basket

Baskets for men Inscription on the slide: "Toka" basket of the Nangta men (detail of the basket drawings, detail of the monkey skull and the canework) Entry in the main historical catalogue: Baskets for Nangta men Entry historical file card: 'Toka' Three baskets for Nangta men a) with fur,a monkey skull and bast tufts. b) with fur, wooden human face and bast tufts. c) with fur, 6 monkey skulls above the tusks, bast tufts underneath.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Nangta-Naga
Object type
Warrior basket
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 31 x 32 x 15 cm
Gewicht: < 2 kg
Material/Technique
Plant fibre, Skin , Tooth/tusk (boar tusk, wild boar), Skull bone (monkey)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 28212 c

Provenance and sources

when
2nd half of the 19th century
where
India [Land]
who
Nangta-Naga

who
Eduard von Ohlendorff - Former Possessors

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