Asaphu

Description

Basket of canework used by warriors to carry bamboo spikes or panjis, worn on the hip when not accompanied by the ceremonial tail (when it is worn at the small of the back), conical, with a cane loop above and ornamented with a horizontal band of trimmed red dyed goat hair overlapping a fringe of black human hair: India, Assam, Sumi Naga

Museum reference

A.1936.536

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Asaphu, Basket

Production information

Assam, India, South Asia

Style / Culture

Sumi Naga

Materials

Cane, Goat hair, Human hair

References

Jacobs, 1990, general pp103-130 & 135-150, illustr. pp 238-239 photog. p103.

Kunz, Joshi (eds.), 2008, illustr. pp67-68