Lot Essay
These girdles are worn by women to secure their cotton clothing
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NORTHEASTERN INDIA, NAGALAND, KONYAK OR SEMA TRIBES, 20TH CENTURY
Details
Two beaded girdles
Northeastern India, Nagaland, Konyak or Sema tribes, 20th century
Made of multiple strands of multicolored beads interspersed with bronze spacers and with conch shell clasps
31 in. (78.7 cm.), the longest (2)
Northeastern India, Nagaland, Konyak or Sema tribes, 20th century
Made of multiple strands of multicolored beads interspersed with bronze spacers and with conch shell clasps
31 in. (78.7 cm.), the longest (2)
Provenance
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 1960s