Necklet

Description

Necklet of four wild boar tusks united by strips of cane through a flat wooden rectangle bearing two carnelian beads mounted on squares of white shell, worn by warriors: Assam, probably Lhota Naga

Museum reference

A.1921.1441

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Necklet, Soho, Shipu

Production information

Assam, India, South Asia

Style / Culture

Lhota Naga

Materials

Boar tusk, Cane, Wood, Carnelian, Shell

Physical description

Wild boar tusks united by strips of cane through a flat wooden rectangle bearing two carnelian beads mounted on squares of white shell

References

Jacobs, Julian, The Nagas, London, 1990, p. 103 - 116, 218

Oppi Untracht, Traditional Jewelry of India, London, 1997, p. 59