Cowrie Decorated Tribal Basket From Nagaland - Ca 1930 Decorative Stone Iron bound with four large

Iron bound with four large drawers and one small drawer

Dimensions: W144 x D35 x H34 cm

14 x 8 x 21

Crafted on a hand-powered lathe

Cowrie Decorated Tribal Basket From Nagaland - Ca 1930 Decorative Stone Iron bound with four largeAn 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