252. Antique Silver Mango Necklace, India

Silver Mango Amulet Necklace (Manga Malai)

each mango is 4cm high; the necklace is approximately 65cm longA 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.