Cowrie Decorated Tribal Basket From Nagaland - Ca 1930 Decorative Stone Also called uruli or charakku

Also called uruli or charakku

Dimensions: W144 x D35 x H34 cm

iron fittings and lacquer with aged character

this piece makes a beautiful architectural fragment for display in the home

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

Cowrie Decorated Tribal Basket From Nagaland - Ca 1930 Decorative Stone Also called uruli or charakkuAn 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