Collier d'homme avec grand pendentif coquillage ·  Inde, Naga · ID: 3045268

Description

cornelian beads, glass beads, bone, fibre,
When the necklace is worn, the big shell rests on the back just below the neck, while the eight strands hung down to the front of the chest.

Due to their value and their rarity these necklaces are worn only on the occasion of festivities and harvests, when the best dresses and ornaments are displayed to obtain the favour of the spirits of the crop.

Littérature comparée

Somaré Grata, Vigorelli, Leonardo, The Nagas, Bergamo 1992, p. 100 f.