Angami (Naga) necklace with 7 rows of shell, glass and carnelian beads, with bone spacers. It still keeps the original composition, apart from the top strand of carnelian, that are a later addition.
From 19th Century or early 20th century.
Materials: carnelian, glass beads, shell beads and endings, bone spacers, natural fibers.
Provenance: Italian private collection.
Length of shorter strand: 90 cm
Length of longer strand: 120 cm
shell endings: 11,5 x 7,5 cm
Width (bone spacers): 9 cm
Weight: 666,5 gram
Bibliography:
Jacobs, Julian “The Nagas – Hill Peoples of Northeast India”
Leurquin, Anne “Colliers ethniques”
Daalder, Truus “Ethnic Jewellery and Adornments”
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