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Detail Photos
Featured here is a stunning old bead belt from the Naga people,
a tribal group whose homeland is the old North East frontier
area of India and Western Burma. This belt is a fine
example of Konyak bead work... Konyak being one of the principle
tribes, and whose homeland is in the Mon district of modern day
Nagaland and extends over the Burmese border as well. The
belt is predominantly blue beads, something notable and quite
desirable from a collector's stand point in itself as the blue
bead work is more scare.
The Naga were avid head hunters and are
something of a cultural anomaly in an area surrounded by
Vajrayana Buddhism to the North and West, Hinduism to the south
and Theravada Buddhism in the East. A fascinating people with
very distinctive beliefs and material culture.
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| ITEM NAME: |
Naga Belt |
| ITEM CODE: |
HMN-31 |
| PRICE: |
E-mail |
| SHIPPING: |
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| STATUS: |
SOLD |
| PEOPLE/REGION: |
Naga - North
east India/Western Burma |
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MATERIALS: |
Beads,
bone & shell, jute string |
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AGE: |
Circa early
to mid 20th
C. |
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SIZE: |
33"
long
5-1/2" wide |
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Please email your inquiries:
himmerc@om.wlink.com.np
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