Silver Mango Amulet Necklace
India
18th-19th century
each mango is 4cm high; the necklace is approximately 65cm long
A stunning necklace of ten hollow-cast, lac-filled silver mangoes each suspended from a
native cotton woven rope.
Necklaces such as these were worn as fertility amulets - mangoes being symbolic of fertility.
The necklace is stable and wearable.
Inventory no.: 252
India
18th-19th century
each mango is 4cm high; the necklace is approximately 65cm long
A stunning necklace of ten hollow-cast, lac-filled silver mangoes each suspended from a
native cotton woven rope.
Necklaces such as these were worn as fertility amulets - mangoes being symbolic of fertility.
The necklace is stable and wearable.
Inventory no.: 252
