Basket

Description

Warrior's carrying basket intended to hold trophy heads taken in raids, made of strips of cane, elliptical in section, with a carrying strap of woven cane, the front is decorated with a monkey's skull and boar's teeth: India, Assam, Naga

Museum reference

A.1956.1464

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Basket

Production information

Assam, India, South Asia

Style / Culture

Naga

Materials

Cane, Boar tusk, Monkey bone, Plant fibre, Textile

References

Jacobs, J. Nagas, London, 1990, p. 125, pp 186 - 190

Kunz, Joshi (eds.), 2008, illustr. pp64-66