Enquiry about object: 6783
Pair of Naga Brass Bracelets
Naga People, North-Eastern India 19th century
internal diameter: approximately 6.8cm, combined weight: 549g
Provenance
private European collection
These two bracelets are of brass and are of similar dimensions. Both have solid, trumpet-shaped terminals that overlap and have faceted bodies. One is engraved with spiral motifs around the terminals; the other is plain.
Similar examples are illustrated in Barbier (1984, p. 69) and Jacobs (1990, p. 262) who says examples with trumpet-shaped ends were made in Manipur, a state in north-eastern India, bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland, Mizoram, and Assam.
The two are in excellent condition.
References
Barbier, J. P., Art of Nagaland: The Barbier-Müller Collection, Geneva, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
Jacobs, J., The Nagas: Hill Peoples of Northeast India, Thames & Hudson, 1990.
