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NAGALAND MULTISTRAND BEAD NECKLACE
A great necklace consisting of 22 strands of multicolored seed beads. This necklace is from a primitive tribe of Nagaland in India. Made in the traditional way, strung on thread. The ends feature a loop closure. Total length is 18 inches. From a Santa Fe, New Mexico estate.
CONDITION: Vintage collectible - beautiful condition
Nagaland : नागालैंड) is a hill state located in the far north-eastern part of India. It borders the state of Assam to the west, Arunachal Pradesh and part of Assam to the north, Myanmar to the east and Manipur to the south. The state capital is Kohima, and the largest city is Dimapur. With a population of nearly two million people, it has a total area of 16,579 km. - making it one of the smallest states of India.
From villages perched high on the mountain ridges to either side of the valleys of Nagaland, Naga tribespeople survey their separate domains. Headhunters until not so long ago, the Nagas have long been feared and respected throughout the northeast, although in truth they are a warm and welcoming people. They seem originally to have lived in northeast Tibet, then moved through southwest China into Burma, Malaya and Indonesia, as well as eastern Assam
Traditionally, Nagas differentiated between the soul, a celestial body, and the spirit, a supernatural being, believing that the human soul resided in the nape of the neck and could only be set free by beheading, while the spiritual being, in the head, brought good fortune. |
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