Tribal Doors From Nagaland - Ca 1920 Nandi Bulls Traditional Lamp Niche Form

Traditional Lamp Niche Form

Brand: Himalayan Maya

55 x 45 x 55 (wxdxh cms)

The origins of Celadon began at the end of the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220AD) but it wasn't until the Jin Dynasty (265 €“ 420) that the creation of celadon excelled as an art form

but to make it more practical to use the front panels have been modified to doors

Tribal Doors From Nagaland - Ca 1920 Nandi Bulls Traditional Lamp Niche FormThis excellent pair of tribal doors comes from Nagaland, North East India. Likely to be doors to the tribal leaders' homes, the abstract design is that of buffalo horns. Each door is carved from a single piece of wood from the hollock tree (terminalia myriocarpa) also known as the East Indian almond tree. Nagaland is a relatively inaccessible and unexplored area of India which borders Myanmar. The people live in villages set throughout the jungle and