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NAGA:
HEADHUNTER
WARRIOR'S CEREMONIAL BRASS
HEAD COUNT BEADED NECKLACE
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NAGA: HEADHUNTER WARRIOR'S
CEREMONIAL BRASS HEAD COUNT BEADED NECKLACE
BRASS, GLASS TRADE BEADS, AND FIBER
NAGA HEADHUNTER WARRIOR'S
AUTHENTIC ANTIQUE
CEREMONIAL HEAD TAKING BEADED “LOST WAX” HAND CAST 3 HEADED BRASS
PENDENT NECKLACE. THE THREE BRASS HEADS REPRESENT 3 HEAD
HUNTING VICTIMS THAT WERE TAKEN BY THE NAGA WARRIOR WHO WEARS THIS
NECKLACE! ONLY A NAGA HEAD HUNTER WARRIOR THAT TOOK 3 HEADS IS
AUTHORIZED TO WEAR THIS NECKLACE. IT’S A SYSTEM OF COUNTING THE HUMAN
TROPHY HEADS THAT WERE TAKEN BY THAT SPECIFIC NAGA HEAD HUNTER WARRIOR.
THIS NECKLACE IS A DISPLAYED TO THE REST OF THE NAGA TRIBE THAT NAGA
HEAD
HUNTER WARRIOR TOOK 3 HEADS. IT’S A BADGE OF COURAGE EQUIVALENT TO A
POLICEMAN'S BADGE OR A MILITARY MEDAL IN WESTERN CULTURES. IT’S VIEWED
AS AN AUTHORITATIVE SYMBOL OF COURAGE.
NEARLY
IDENTICAL EXAMPLES
CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE #254 IN THE BOOK ENTITLED: “The Nagas: Hill Peoples of Northeast India: Society,
Culture and the Colonial Encounter by Julian Jacobs.”
PLEASE SEE THE PICTURES IN THE ABOVE
OF THAT MENTIONED
PAGE #254 AND THAT BOOK’S COVER FOR YOUR REFERENCE
THIS PIECE IS AN OLDER
EXAMPLE THAN THOSE PICTURED IN THAT BOOK; IN
NEAR PERFECT EXCELLENT ANTIQUE CONDITION. NO RESTORATION,
NO REPAIRS, NO MISSING PIECES; COMPLETELY ORIGINAL AND COMPLETELY
INTACT. THIS RARE AND UNUSUAL PIECE IS A NAGA WARRIOR'S HEAD COUNT OF
VICTIMS THAT HE EXHIBITS DURING IMPORTANT TRIBAL CEREMONIES TO
DISTINGUISH HIS RANK IN THE TRIBE. THE “LOST WAX” HAND CAST 3 HEADED
BRASS PENDENT IS STRUNG ON TO THE BEADS WITH THE NECKLACE’S ORIGINAL
ORGANIC HAND WOVEN VEGETABLE FIBER THEATER. THIS PIECE HAS A MUSEUM
COLLECTION CATALOGUE NUMBER ON IT THAT READS: “793A”
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Europeans were struck
by the Naga practice
of headhunting. The taking of a
head is a
symbol of courage. Naga headhunting
includes mortification of the rival, ritual violence, cosmological
balance, the display of manhood, cannibalism, prestige, and as a means
of securing the services of the victim as a slave in the afterlife.
The
Naga tribes practice headhunting
and preserved the heads of enemies as trophies! The
Naga hills have
been an area of continued resistance as they had long been isolated
from outside cultures. The development of a spirit of nationalism and
sense of a common identity are relatively new concepts among the Naga
people. According to their traditions, each village is an independent
republic; initially, they wanted to be free from all outside
domination. The Naga make all the goods they use, as was once common in
many traditional societies: they make their own cloth, their own hats
and rain-coats; they prepare their own medicines, their own cooking
vessels, their own substitutes for crockery. Craft work includes the
making of baskets, weaving of cloth, wood carving, pottery, metalwork,
jewelry and bead-work.
The Naga people are a conglomeration of several tribes inhabiting the
North Eastern part of India and north-western Burma. The tribes have
similar cultures and traditions, and form the majority ethnic group in
the Indian state of Nagaland, with significant presence in Manipur,
Arunachal Pradesh and some small population in Assam.
The Naga speak various distinct Tibeto-Burman languages, including
Sumi, Lotha, Sangtam, Angami, Pochuri, Ao, Mao (Emela), Inpui, Rongmei
(Ruangmei), Poumai, Tangkhul, Thangal, Maram, and Zeme. In addition,
they have developed Nagamese Creole, which they use between tribes and
villages, which each have their own dialect of language.
As of 2012, the state of Nagaland officially recognises 17 Naga tribes.
In addition, some other Naga tribes occupy territory in the contiguous
adjoining states of Manipur, Assam, and Arunachal Pradesh, India; and
across the border in Burma. Prominent Naga tribes include the Poumai,
Sumi, Angami, Ao, Chakhesang, Chang, Khiamniungan, Konyak, Liangmai,
Lotha, Pochury, Rongmei, Tangkhul, Thangal, Zeme, Mao.
The Nagas are organized by tribes differentiated by language and some
traditions. They have a strong warrior tradition. Their villages are
sited on hilltops and until the later part of the 19th century, they
made frequent armed raids to villages on the plains below. The tribes
exhibit variation to a certain degree, particularly in their languages
and some traditional practices.
Similarities in their culture distinguish them from the neighbouring
occupants of the region, who are of other ethnicities. Almost all these
Naga tribes have a similar dress code, eating habits, customs,
traditional laws, etc. One distinction was their ritual practice of
headhunting, once prevalent among tribal warriors in Nagaland and among
the Naga tribes in Myanmar. They used to take the heads of enemies to
take on their power. They no longer practice this ritual. Today the
Naga people number around 2 million in total.
The men's clothing is distinctive: conical red headgear is decorated
with wild-boar canine teeth and white-black hornbill feathers. Their
weapons are primarily a spear, with the shaft decorated with red-black
hairs, and the dao, with broad blade and long handle.
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