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Ethnologisches Museum Süd- und Südostasien Naga-Sammlung [I C 28355 b]
https://id.smb.museum/digital-asset/1698188 (Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin CC BY-NC-SA)
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Container (Wan Kuto)

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Description

The container or box has a bamboo lid, to which a plant-fibre cord is attached. At the time of acquisition, the name Borduaria was used for both the place and the ethnic group living there – groups now referred to as Wancho, Nocte or Konyak Naga in Arunachal Pradesh.
Index card: "Wan kuto", Borduaria men’s wooden box
Collector: Ehlers, Otto Ehrenfried

Material/Technique

Wood; bamboo, sewn; plant fiber, braided

Measurements

Object dimensions: 10.6 x 22.3 x 7 cm

Links / Documents

Map
Created Created
1851
Borduaria-Naga
India
Collected Collected
1892
Otto Ehrenfried Ehlers
Arunachal Pradesh
1850 1902
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