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View full screenBasket of canework used by warriors to carry bamboo spikes or panjis, with ceremonial tail, worn at the small of the back (the basket is worn at the hip when not accompanied by the tail), consisting of a basket of canework with a cane loop above and a long rod at the bottom from which hangs a fringe of red and black human hair: India, Assam, Sumi Naga
A.1936.535
Assam, India, South Asia
Sumi Naga
Cane, Orchid stem, Bamboo, Goat hair, Human hair
Jacobs, 1990, general pp103-130 &135-150, illustr. pp238-239, photo p103
Kunz, Joshi (eds.), 2008, illustr. pp67-68