Zemanek-Münster

Warrior's "panji" - basket ·  Inde, Naga · ID: 3035174

Vendu 900 €

Description

funnel-shaped wickerwork basket, bow-shaped wire for support, the front decorated with red dyed goat’s hair and long black human hair, good condition;
“panji” are fire-hardened bamboo spikes, about 10 to 20 centimetres in length. In earlier days these were stuck in the ground to impede the progress of enemies or to gore animals caught in traps.


Littérature comparée

Kunz, Richard, Naga, Basel 2008, p. 67, ill. 043


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