Two Brass torques and a pendant
Two Brass torques and a pendant

NORTHEASTERN INDIA, NAGALAND, KONYAK AND KALYO KENGYU TRIBES

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Two Brass torques and a pendant
Northeastern India, Nagaland, Konyak and Kalyo Kengyu tribes
The torques of solid brass each with pendant knobs and two head-shaped finials; the pendant comprised of three heads with loops at the sides for attachment
6 in. (15.2 cm.) (3)
來源
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 1970s

拍品專文

The number of knob finials fashioned into heads as the wearer added to his number of heads taken during a successful raid. The trophy-head pendant has markings on the mouths to indicate they were stitched closed to retain the potent spirit of the deceased within the pendant. For further discussion with closely related examples, see O. Untracht, Traditional Jewelry of India, 1997, p. 55, fig. 75; p. 63, fig. 87; and p. 64, fig. 91.

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