Gauntlet

Description

One of a pair of gauntlets with eight rows of cowrie shells sewn close together on a cloth support stiffened with cane, with ornamental fringe of bristling red hair: Assam, Sema Nagas

Museum reference

A.1936.537

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Gauntlet

Production information

Assam, India, South Asia

Style / Culture

Sema Naga

Materials

Cowrie shell, Cloth, Cane, Hair

Physical description

White cowrie shells sewn close together on a cloth support stiffened with cane; ornamental fringe of bristling red hair