Shawl of a warrior · India, Naga, Chang · ID: 3036087

Name: Shawl of a warrior
SKU: 3036087
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Heide and Hans Kaufmann, Vienna, Austria

Size

B: 197 cm

H: 104 cm

B: 77.6 inch

H: 40.9 inch

Description

cotton, three panels, embroidered with cowrie shells, forming two stylized figures and 20 circles, slightly dam., mended in several places, colour bleached out;
the circles of cowrie shells are a reference to feasts of merit which the owner has hosted, or they symbolize the shining stars in the sky during a nightly raid, or the moon and thus female fertility. The stylized human figures indicate the owners success in head-taking. Today the cloths are reserved for distinguished members of society and for cultural groups performing traditional head-hunting dances.

The object Shawl of a warrior with the object ID 3036087 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 24.

Here you will find more objects and interesting facts about Asian art.