INDIAN NAGALAND POLYCHROME NECKLACE

拍品描述

Ca. 19th - 20th century AD. >A necklace composed of multiple suspended strands of elongated shell pendants and tubular carnelian and glass beads arranged in alternating bands of black, red, and orange. The elements are strung from carved wooden spacers at the upper and lower sections, creating a cascading arrangement that forms a broad, curved profile when worn. The strands converge toward the base, where the beaded elements are gathered into a central wooden terminal. > >Size: 775mm x 120mm; Weight: 835g >Provenance: Private UK Collection; ex Hansjorg Mayer Collection. Published: Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 328.> >

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