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In Nagaland, in northeast India, the glass beads used in body decoration
originated from India and occasionally from Venice. Beads were worn
during festivals and ceremonies to celebrate plantings, harvests,
and successful headhunting raids. Some necklaces were only worn
during ceremonies, and passed down through the family as heirlooms.
This beadwork collar with bone separating bars was collected in
the late nineteenth century.
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database record 1909.21.48
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