Cowrie Decorated Tribal Basket From Nagaland - Ca 1930 Decorative Stone Candles or oil lamps were

Candles or oil lamps were placed inside the glass bell and the glass lid prevented soot from marking the ceiling of the palace or the tent

Iron bound with four large drawers and one small drawer

This console table was made using an 18th century carved beam reclaimed from an old building and reclaimed teak wood salvaged from old buildings in Rajasthan and Gujarat

Hints of old blue and green paint can still be seen on the ends

Cowrie Decorated Tribal Basket From Nagaland - Ca 1930 Decorative Stone Candles or oil lamps wereAn old woven basket from the tribal area of Nagaland in North East India. Decorated in cowrie shells, these baskets were hand made to withstand brutal everyday use. Nagaland is a relatively inaccessible and unexplored area of India which borders with Myanmar. The people live in villages set throughout the jungle and until the introduction of Christianity in the 1960's, the people of Nagaland were headhunters, regularly going to war with other nearby