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Silver Mango Amulet Necklace (Manga Malai)
Tamil Nadu, 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, known as a manga malai or 'necklace of
mangoes'.
Necklaces such as these were worn as fertility amulets - mangoes being symbolic of fertility.
The necklace is stable and wearable.
Inventory no.: 252 SOLD
Silver Mango Amulet Necklace (Manga Malai)
Tamil Nadu, 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, known as a manga malai or 'necklace of
mangoes'.
Necklaces such as these were worn as fertility amulets - mangoes being symbolic of fertility.
The necklace is stable and wearable.
Inventory no.: 252 SOLD
