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Head ornament

Description

Head ornament of a circle of cane covered with black goat hair, with the ends of the cane bound with string and the junction lapped with cotton wool: Assam, Sema Nagas

Museum reference

A.1936.529

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Head ornament

Production information

Assam, India, South Asia

Style / Culture

Sema Naga

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Specimen / extraction / copper / sample / cuprite / gangue / lim Specimen / extraction / copper / sample / cuprite / gangue / lim

One of a group of copper ores and other specimens illustrating the extraction of the metal - a sample of cuprite in a gangue of shaly limestone, from Metcalf Mine

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