Workbasket, funeral decoration; cube covered with red and floral printed cloth wrapped with gold-colored cordage; black cotton wrapped disc overlaid with metal beads on exterior surface at each corner and bottom center; red and orange yarn and two metal bead covered discs at top as hanging device; height: 14 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:
Printed cotton cloth; wool yarn; metal beads; cordage; black cloth; workbasket (inside); gold-colored tape