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BasketB689

Conical basket with horse hair attached to the outside. Basket is decorated with light brown and brown-red designs near the top and bottom outer edges. Large handle(?) with grass(?) cording stretched across the bottom forming an X-shape. Two large sections of horse hair are attached hortizontally with stitching to one side of basket. Top section of hair has a shorter section of red horse hair.

Culture
Assamese ?
Material
grass ?, horse hair, root ? and fibre
Made in
Assam, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatB688

Cone-shaped hat with woven red and yellow stripes. Tuft of red horse(?) hair is attached to the top of the hat. Three curved tusks are attached to one side of the hat. The bottom portion of the hat is unpainted. The rim of the hat is woven of light brown coloured grass.

Culture
Assamese ?
Material
grass ?, horse hair ?, tusk and paint
Made in
Assam, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShawlB685

Rectangular cotton shawl with a short fringe on one end and a long, twisted fringe on the other. The textile is dark blue detailed with three dark yellow stripes and bordered of a dark yellow band.

Culture
Assamese ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Assam, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoulder SashB682

A wide fabric woven band. Main design consisting of multiple-layered red chevron lines on a dark blue background that has a cross-like shape of four cowrie shells or a large white circular button in between each section with a small white circular button above and below. Strands of natural light grey-yellow and dark red hair are attached along the bottom edge. Part-way through the ends of the band, they are stitched together with thread. Tassels are at the ends of the band.

Culture
Assamese ?
Material
fibre, dye ?, cowrie shell, hair and glass ?
Made in
Assam, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AxeB546 a

Axe with rectangular metal blade attached to a long wooden handle. Grass(?) is wrapped around the centre of the handle. Two rows of red and black hair are attached to the end of the handle.

Culture
Assamese ?
Material
wood, horse hair ?, metal and grass
Made in
Assam, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearB764

The red-brown wood shaft (part a) is decorated with red and black stiff hair, either goat hair dyed red or mithune (wild buffalo), as well as long red-brown hair. There are metal deltoid-shaped points at both ends, one of which is loose (part b).

Culture
Naga
Material
iron metal, horse hair and wood
Made in
Nagaland, India ? or Assam, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearB762

Long spear that is pointed at both ends. One end is has five tufts of red and black hair. The other end has another section of red and black hair that has been cut close to the body of the spear. Sections are divided by woven grass bands.

Culture
Naga
Material
wood, mithune hair ?, buffalo wool fibre, goat hair ? and grass ?
Made in
Nagaland, India ? or Assam, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearB761

Long spear that is pointed at both ends. One end is has six tufts of red and black hair. The other end has another section of red and black hair that has been cut close to the body of the spear. In between both sections of hair is a section of red and yellow striped woven grass.

Culture
Naga
Material
wood, goat hair ?, buffalo wool fibre, mithune hair ? and grass ?
Made in
Nagaland, India ? or Assam, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearB755

Spear with tufts and fringes of black and red stiff hair along the dark brown wooden shaft, and a conical metal tip. The hair is either goat hair or wild buffalo (mithune). Two segments of the spear are covered in short hair that flares outwards at the ends: the longest section is at the end of the spear with the shorter conical tip; the shorter section is at the centre of the spear and has a tuft of long hair at the spear tip end.

Culture
Naga
Material
iron metal, hair and wood
Made in
Nagaland, India ? or Assam, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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