Cowrie Decorated Tribal Basket From Nagaland - Ca 1930 Style - Meiping Vase The deep black surface

The deep black surface

49 x 32 x 60

Similar examples can be found on pages 81 and 91 of 'Flames of Devotion

100 x 9 x 200 (wxdxh cms)

Cowrie Decorated Tribal Basket From Nagaland - Ca 1930 Style - Meiping Vase The deep black surfaceAn 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