Workbasket, funeral decoration; cube covered with orange cloth wrapped with yellow cordage. Discs in each corner (one missing) faced with metal beads; yellow wool yarn and two discs at top as hanging device; height: 15 cm.
Donor:
Katherine McClellan Fitch Emeneau and Murray Barnson Emeneau
Collection place:
Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, South India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Tamilnadu (Madras), Nilgiri Hills, Toda
Culture or time period:
Toda people
Collector:
Katherine McClellan Fitch Emeneau and Murray Barnson Emeneau
Collection date:
1935-1938
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Context of use:
Workbasket (woman's) covered with decoration for funerals. Hung under eaves of model house and burned.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
Woven cloth; wool yarn; metal beads; cordage; tape; workbasket (inside).