Men's necklace with big shell pendant · India, Naga · ID: 3045268
sold
EUR 260
Provenance
Holger Hofmann, Hamburg, GermanySize
L: 54 cm
H: 16 cm (shell)
L: 21.3 inch
H: 6.3 inch (shell)
Description
cornelian beads, glass beads, bone, fibre,
When the necklace is worn, the big shell rests on the back just below the neck, while the eight strands hung down to the front of the chest.
Due to their value and their rarity these necklaces are worn only on the occasion of festivities and harvests, when the best dresses and ornaments are displayed to obtain the favour of the spirits of the crop.
Comparing literature
Somaré Grata, Vigorelli, Leonardo, The Nagas, Bergamo 1992, p. 100 f.