Basket

Description

Basket of canework used by warriors to carry bamboo spikes or panjis, worn at the hip when not accompanied by the ceremonial tail (when it is worn at the small of the back), conical and open, with a loop of cane for suspension, and decorated with red and black goat hair: India, Assam, Naga

Museum reference

A.1932.241

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Basket

Production information

Assam, India, South Asia

Style / Culture

Naga

Materials

Cane, Goat hair, Plant fibre

References

Jacobs, 1990, general: pp135-150, illustr. pp238-239, for a photograph of a basket and tail worn see p103

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