Zemanek-Münster

Necklace ·  India, Naga · ID: 3035726

sold EUR 300
Provenance
Christina Fessler, Zurich, Switzerland, collected in situ, (Kohima, Nagaland)
Size
L: 40 cm
L: 15.7 inch

Description

orange coloured glass beads, pendant of four teeth from a tiger and two spiralic brass ornaments, traces of wear;
the tiger is considered as the national animal of the Indians. He is traditional venerated as the mount of the goddess Durga. Nevertheless the killing of a tiger is looked upon as a sign of braveness.


Comparing literature

Oppitz, Michael, Naga Identities, Antwerp 2008, p. 114 f.


Publications

Christina Fessler, Scrapbuch Nagaland, Konstanz 2008, p. 63

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