AO NAGA TRIBAL WARRIOR\'S HANDLOOMED SHAWL/TEXTILE For Sale

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AO NAGA TRIBAL WARRIOR\'S HANDLOOMED SHAWL/TEXTILE:
$35.00

Completely hand woven of acrylic fiber, now used by the Nagas instead of wool, this textile is a reproduction of an original, traditional Ao tribe man’s body cloth worn only when warrior status was achieved. It was absolutely distinctive of the Ao tribe Naga; only the Tankhul Nagas of Manipur wore figurative cloths as well. Costume was one of the main ways in which the headhunting tribes of Nagaland distinguished themselves from each other.

The strip in the center is embroidered with figurative and other tribal designs in color and black and white, including unusually longer-striped tigers and lions, elephants, mithuns (high status, semi-domesticated ox-like animals) and roosters; traditionally, the strip was in black and white only, and was hand painted with tree sap. Such methods are still being used sparingly, but result in much more expensive textiles. The extra-long cloth measures approximately 85” x 45” plus fringe and has substantial weight as well as beauty.

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