Men's necklace with giant Turbinella Pyrum shell · Inde, Naga · ID: 3035720
Christina Fessler, Zurich, Switzerland, collected in situ, (Kohima, Nagaland)
Description
cornelian beads, glass beads, bone, fibre, brass bell, when the necklace is worn, the big shell rests on the back just below the neck, while the strings were worn on the breast, good condition, slight traces of abrasion;
the Turbinella Pyrum shell is deemed to be sacred and is used for ritual adornment of holy statues and of the kings head at the moment of his incoronation. Blown before a battle it propitiated the outcome and purified the air. Due to their value and their rarity these necklaces were only worn on fesive occasions and harvest festivities, when the best dresses and ornaments are displayed to obtain the favour of the spirits of the crop.
L’objet Men’s necklace with giant Turbinella Pyrum shell avec l’ID d’objet 3035720 a fait partie de l’enchère 76th tribal art auction en 22 mars 2014 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 21.
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Littérature comparée
Somaré Grata & Leonard Vigorelli, The Nagas, Bergamo 1992, p. 100 f.