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Warrior basket

The basket and the carrying strap attached to the side are made of narrow bamboo strips. A bamboo framework tied on from the outside serves to stabilise the sides of the base. The bindings are also made of plant material. The back of the basket is stabilised by a palm leaf sheath. The front of the basket is decorated with a tuft of plant fibres, a bird's bellows and cowrie shells. The fibre tuft of plant leaves is attached at the bottom left. The bellows are applied diagonally to the basket so that the tips of the long contour feathers protrude over the lower right edge of the bag. Above the bellows is an intersecting band with cowrie shells attached.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Borduaria-Naga
Object type
Warrior basket
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 35 x 29 x 14 cm (ohne Tragegurt)
Material/Technique
Bamboo, Rattan (Rotang, Rotan) (bindings), Palm leaf sheaths , Bird skin, Feathers (Kalijfasan), Snails (cowries, Cypraea moneta)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 28366 d

Provenance and sources

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

who
Eduard von Ohlendorff - Former Possessors

Description
Donation from Eduard von Ohlendorff 1896

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