earring

A round shell ear-disc incised with an anthropomorphic bravery sign. The circumference of the shell is incised with black dots. The shell is bored in the centre and fastened by a bamboo toggle with a red glass bead button.

All warrior Nagas commonly use such types of ear discs. They are usually worn one disc at each end of a pair of strings or of a flat band of very small coloured beads arranged in geometrical patterns. This band is worn across the top so that the discs fall over the top of the ears.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
8.5.63/17
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 92 mm x 52 mm x 13 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
shell; wood; plant fibre; glass
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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