armlet

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Object Type
Museum number: As.7349.a-b
Description: Armlets (pair of) made of woven strips of reed. Covered on the outside with cylindrical white beads (beads? shells? seeds?) sewn to armlets with twisted fibre. Edge of one armlet bound with red-dyed split cane; other armlet bound with red-dyed split cane over yellow cane (showing through). Beads on this second armlet more worn than on the first.
Production ethnic group
Production date: 19thC
Production place: Made in: Assam (State)
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Assam (State)
Materials: reed; shell (?); cane; seed (?)
Technique: woven; twisted
Dimensions: Diameter: 9.10 centimetres (a); Diameter: 9.80 centimetres (b); Height: 13.60 centimetres (a); Height: 14.10 centimetres (b); Weight: 67 grammes (a); Weight: 82 grammes (b)
Curator's comments: Register comment: 'Naga tribe, Assam. Pair of broad armlets made of interwoven strips of reed, covered outside with rows of [word missing]. Edges bound with red and yellow cane. Presd. by A.W. Franks Esq. Sep. 5 1871. (Tupper).'
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1871
Department: Asia
Registration number: As.7349.a-b
Additional IDs: CDMS number: As1871C1.7349a-b (old CDMS no.); Miscellaneous number: As1871C0905.132

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