Authentic Naga Konyak Woman’s Mustard Bead Belt #1759.

Another great surprise this week with another arrival from afar. It is a Authentic Naga Konyak Woman’s Mustard Bead Belt #1759. Details follow below. 1759. Authentic Konyak Naga woman’s Mustard bead belt. Very rare festival belt made of thick glass beads. The piece is 30 inches long by 5 inches wide, has 32 strands of beads, and is in excellent condition for its use and age which is the early to mid 19th century. Please note that the designation “Authentic” means that the piece was made by the Nagas and used by them in their actual ceremonies and not made for tourists.Nagaland has a rich diversity of ethnic groups, languages and religions. More than 80% of the population lives in small, isolated villages and practice their own rituals and traditions that have been existing since centuries. The Nagas are said to belong to the Indo-Mongoloid stock, a race whose presence was first noted ten centuries before Christ, at the time of the compilation of the Vedas. The Nagas are mostly Christia