Carved Tribal Chair From Nagaland - Ca 1920 Material - Porcelain Made in India

Made in India

a region renowned for its vibrant lacquerware tradition

grasses and stylised clouds

Painted - Lacquered Hat Box From Shanxi - 19thC

The painting is original & is early 19thC

Carved Tribal Chair From Nagaland - Ca 1920 Material - Porcelain Made in IndiaThese carved tribal chairs are from Nagaland, North East India. These chairs would have been used by the tribal leaders and elders and are carved from one 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 until the introduction of Christianity in the