Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 41311 A-H: '8 baldricks. Cotton band with long fringe of red and white goat's hair. Worn by men diagonally across chest.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Pattern of brown discolouration and holes on woven band may indicate historic display. This is also supported by the severe fading of the blue pigment.
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked on rear of woven band in black ink: '[?] 51 A'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Labels & Markings)
Historic label attached with string: '47'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Labels & Markings)
Rectangular metal-rimmed tag attached with string: 'Baldrick / Naga Hills / dd. J.H. Hutton 1933'
On reverse, in pencil: 'Sema or Ao'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Field collection)
Collected by: Hutton, J. H. in 1933
Event Date 1933
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Man's sash with goat hair fringe, worn diagonally across the chest. Rectangular band of woven cotton with floating weft pattern of diamonds in red wool; fringe of long goat hair in red with four areas of white; bundles of hair grouped with black resin at the top behind sash; fringe at both ends of woven band twisted into two groups for tying. Traces of blue pigment on woven band, but now grey.
Event Date 16/7/2024
Author: Katrina Dring

Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.5983 | Freezing
Event Date 22/7/2024
Author: Anne Doering