tsung kuk

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"Tsung kuk"

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Description of the slide: Shield made of Mithun skin with Dao's entry in the historical main catalogue: "Tsung Kuk" Leather shield of the Âo Entry historical index card: "Tsung Kuk" Leather shield of the Âo. Hair ornament at the top, two bast tufts in the centre, two bast tufts between the upper edge and the centre. Length in the centre 90 cm.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ao-Naga
Object type
Shield
Dimensions
Height: 91 cm
Width: 38 cm
Depth: 8,5 cm
Weight: 2,2 kg
Material/Technique
Mithun leather, Plant fibre, Hair (coloured red)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 28474

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    2nd half of the 19th century
    where
    India
    who
    Ao-Naga
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    South and Southeast Asia

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