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TRIBAL CROWN-SHAPED SILVER RING – WORN BY LAHU, LISU, AKHA & WA/LAWA PEOPLES OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE

THIS DISTINCTIVE CROWN-SHAPED RING IS HANDCRAFTED FROM HIGH SILVER (SCRATCH-TESTED), AND WAS TRADITIONALLY WORN BY THE LAHU, LISU, AND WA (LAWA) ETHNIC GROUPS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA.

WORN BOTH AS A FINGER RING AND AS AN ORNAMENT ATTACHED TO TURBANS OR BELTS, ITS CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES INCLUDE:
– A DOMED CENTRAL CROWN WITH RADIATING PETAL ENGRAVINGS
– BOLD GRANULATED KNOBS AND DECORATIVE FLORAL SIDE WINGS
– A ROUNDED, WIRE-TEXTURED BAND REFLECTING TRADITIONAL METALWORKING TECHNIQUES

THIS VERSATILE ADORNMENT EMBODIES THE SYMBOLIC AESTHETICS AND SKILLED CRAFTSMANSHIP OF UPLAND GROUPS LIVING ACROSS NORTHERN THAILAND, MYANMAR (BURMA), LAOS, AND YUNNAN PROVINCE, CHINA.

ESTIMATED TO DATE FROM THE EARLY-20TH CENTURY, IT DISPLAYS NATURAL WEAR AND PATINA FROM LONG-TERM USE WHILE RETAINING ITS RITUAL AND CEREMONIAL ELEGANCE.
CONDITION: VERY GOOD.

MEASUREMENTS: H 33MM | W 25MM | D 15MM
FINGER SIZE: APPROX. 19MM | US SIZE 9 (SLIGHTLY LARGER WITHOUT STRING)
WEIGHT: 16.5GRM

REFERENCES:
– PEOPLE OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE – P. 61 – PAUL & ELAINE LEWIS – RIVER BOOKS
– FROM THE HANDS OF THE HILLS – P. 185 – MARGARET CAMPBELL – THE THAI HILLCRAFT FOUNDATION, MEDIA TRANSASIA
-THE ART OF SILVER JEWELLERY – from the minorities of China – the Golden triangle – Mongolia & Tibet – Page: 156 – THE RENE VAN DER STAR COLLECTION – SKIRA

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