Necklace with "double fish-tail" chest ornament ·  India, Naga · ID: 3039146

Description

glass beads in various forms, colours and sizes, two brass bells, thread on cord, brass pendant, old age patina;
this chest ornament is the intersection of several symbolic motive: the upper part reproduces a section of the “Xancus Pyrum” shell, the lower part ends with the motif of the fish tail. Fish is present in many ceremonies of the hill peoples, and its significance is related to the cycles of fertility and death.

The object Necklace with “double fish-tail” chest ornament with the object ID 3039146 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 29 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.

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Comparing literature

Somaré Grata & Leonard Vigorelli, The Nagas, Bergamo 1992, p. 108