INDIAN NAGALAND POLYCHROME NECKLACE

拍品描述

Ca. 19th - 20th century AD. >A necklace composed of multiple suspended strands of elongated carnelian, glass, and shell beads arranged in alternating bands of red, blue, and white. The strands are secured to carved wooden spacer bars at the upper sections, from which the beaded elements cascade in graduated lengths to form a broad, layered ornament. > >Size: 580mm x 115mm; Weight: 695g >Provenance: Private UK Collection; ex. Hansjorg Mayer Collection. Published: Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. pps. 330.

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