Zemanek-Münster

Woman's Belt

India, Nagaland, Mon and Tuensang Districts, Konyak
sold EUR 300
Provenance
Holger Hofmann, Hamburg, Germany
Size
L: 71 cm
B: 13,5 cm
L: 28.0 inch
B: 5.3 inch

Description

glass beads, bone, fibre, 32-stranded, breakage (bone spacer)

Beside this women almost never wore any other piece of clothing, because the Konyak thought that too much clothing reduces fertility and is an obstacle in having large families.


Comparing literature

Somaré Grata & Leonard Vigorelli, The Nagas, Bergamo 1992, p. 151

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