Old Nagaland
…beautiful
Collection and display piece
Old Naga Tribal Necklace from Nagaland, a beautiful Collection and
display piece… Nagaland is a mountainous state in northeast India, bordering
Burma, present day Myanmar… It is home to diverse indigenous tribes, with
festivals and markets celebrating the different tribes' culture... The ancient
history of the Nagas is unclear. Tribes migrated at different times, each
settling in the north-eastern part of present India and Burma and establishing
their respective sovereign mountain terrains and village-states. There are no
records of whether they came from the northern Mongolian region, southeast Asia
or southwest China, except that their origins are from the east of India and
that historical records show the present-day Naga people settled before the
arrival of the Ahoms in 1228 AD. The origin of the word 'Naga' is also unclear.
A popularly accepted, but controversial, view is that it originated from the
Burmese word Na-Ka or naga', meaning "people with earrings." Others
suggest it means pierced noses. Both naka and naga are pronounced the same way
in Burmese. Before the arrival of European colonialism in South Asia, there had
been many wars, persecution and raids from Burma on Naga tribes, Meitei people
and others in India's northeast. The invaders came for "head hunting"
and to seek wealth and captives from these tribes and ethnic groups. When the
British inquired Burmese guides about the people living in the northern
Himalayas, they were told 'Naka'. This was recorded as 'Naga' and has been in
use thereafter… From Wikipedia, please see detail photos which form part
of the description… STU/A48
The measurements are
Size: Hangs 40 cm X 34 cm
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He's been shipwrecked in the Pacific, wrestled camels in
A blue-water yachtsman, he sailed his own 60ft yacht, the
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diver and spear fisherman, he mounted a series of diving expeditions in The
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