Woman's loin cloth ·  India, Naga · ID: 3040385

Description

blue dyed cotton cloth in two layers, sewn with metal discs arranged in pairs in twelve rows, sides and lower rim adorned with seeds (“Jobs tears”?) and miniature glass beads, strings of glass beads and metal bells on the upper rim, slightly dam., some tears/missing parts in the fabric, 5 metal discs missing;
in compliance with an ancient custom women wore no clothing until puberty and only from that time on a strip of cotton cloth was wrapped around the hips.

The object Woman’s loin cloth with the object ID 3040385 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 61 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.

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