Cowrie Decorated Tribal Basket From Nagaland - Ca 1930 Decorative Stone iron fittings and lacquer with

iron fittings and lacquer with aged character

Crafted on a hand-powered lathe

Dimensions: W144 x D35 x H34 cm

Iron bound with four large drawers and one small drawer

This console table was made using an 18th century carved beam reclaimed from an old building and reclaimed teak wood salvaged from old buildings in Rajasthan and Gujarat

Cowrie Decorated Tribal Basket From Nagaland - Ca 1930 Decorative Stone iron fittings and lacquer withAn 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