Basket

Description

Warrior's carrying basket, intended to hold trophy heads taken in raids, woven of strips of cane with a wide mesh, elliptical and narrowing towards the base, with the front covered with painted cloth and ornamented with two carved wooden figures: India, Assam, Konyak Naga

Museum reference

A.1921.1440

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Basket

Production information

Assam, India, South Asia

Style / Culture

Konyak Naga

Materials

Cane, Plant fibre, Cloth, Wood

References

Jacobs, 1990, for general information: pp135-150, illustr. of similar: pp186-190

Kunz, Joshi (eds.), 2008, illustr. pp65-66

von Führer-Haimendorf, Holt, Rheinhart and Winston 1969

Tattooing information and photographs: Stirn & van Ham, 2003, pp160-165