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We are dealing the Ethnic, Tribal Jewelry items and primitive works of art.

Naga arts collection

The hillpeoples of Nagaland reveal India at its most primitive:former head-hunters of Mongol descent who have been documented as far back as Ptolemy’s time.For them, body adornment is a conspicuous indicator of social status and is so tightly Interwoven with self-identification that some jewelry may not be removed until its owner has died. The right to wear certain ornaments is subject to rigid constraints andTaboos.
A Sema warrior may not wear the tusks of a boar he himself has killed.

Only Sema who are headhunters may wear boar’s-tusk necklaces. Hornbill feathers in an animal-fur headband identify warriors. Angami men may not wear hornbill feathers between millet-sowing time and the rice harvest. A Lhota man must purchase his ivory armlet through a go-between so that any evil in it will befall him, not the purchaser.

And the list goes on: only certain Ao clans are entitled to wear bracelets cut from elephant tusk. For Konyak warriors, monkey skulls suspended from the neck have the same value as the number of human heads taken. They also make brass neck rings edged with round, head-shaped protrusions believed to represent shrunken-head trophies.
The number of coveted hornbill feathers on a headdress gives a concise rundown of the wearer’s deeds.
The desirability of this ornament encourages competitiveness both in hunting and at celebrations that transform animal carcasses and barrels of rice beer into status-enhancing items. The V-pattern(probably symbolic of cattle horns) that the men engrave on their shell ear ornaments is similar to the tattoo markings on warriors’ chests. All of these decapitated heads, tiger’s teeth, hornbill beaks, and spiked arm ornaments have an unmistakable aura of manliness.
The women wear necklaces strung with variously mounted beads and mass their seed-bead necklaces in a way that sends supplely twisting strands of red, green, yellow, and blue cascading down their necks. Some of their ample, multi-strand necklaces use rod-shaped spacers of bone, ivory, or horn-curiously, they bring to mind ancient Egyptian neck ornaments-while the clasps are fashioned from sections of conch shell from the Bay of Bengal, Carnelian, once a form of currency, is still in demand and combined with glass, rock crystal, brass, and ivory beads to create bold, kaleidoscopic compositions.     

The Ornaments and Figures

Here are lots of Naga antiques for sale. Please click on the categories below to find out more.

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