Nagaland Glass & Amber necklace. Nagaland is a state in India in the very north-east of that country, and borders Burma to its east. It is a restricted area, largely not attuned to tourism, and has historically been a source of problems for the more settled Indian areas to its south, then for the British Raj, and then, after Independence, to the Delhi Indian government. Its ethnic groups have long fought both with themselves and with outsiders.
Personal ornamentation, jewellery, in Nagaland has always played a strong part in the social fabric, and can vary much from area to area. The above necklace is a combination of a strand of old handblown small glass beads and an old Amber bead, both components in jewellery of different ethnic groups out of different regions of the state, neither of which would normally combine the two.