|
3. Brass pendant from Arunachal Pradesh, India 19th c. Brass, lost-wax-cast Diameter 8cm |
Click here for full size image (772 x 820 pixels, 107 KB) Diameter 8cm. Oppi Untracht, page 140. I was told that the young girls of the Adiu-tribe in Arunachal Pradesh were wearing these pendants around their hips on a kind of belt. For each lover they added another bayop. After marriage they had to take off the belt. Nice patina |