• Burmese silver torque necklace
  • Burmese silver torque necklace
  • Burmese silver torque necklace

Handcrafted Silver torque tribal necklace, Burma

Heavy torque necklaces like this are favored by many of the tribal groups throughout Burma, including the Karen and Wa peoples. Handcrafted and engraved coin silver weighing 185 grams.

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JASM/B002
Karen tribe (?)
Burma, Southeast Asia
Torque necklace
Coin silver
4.75 in. wide, 4 in. long. Neck opening 2.5 in.
Excellent

Crescent shaped torque style tribal necklace. Handcrafted, with graved and sculpted deep relief designs on front and reverse sides. The richly textured, ribbed and fluted midsection is accented by engraving, featuring stylized overlapping Peacock feathers or abstractions of fish, and terminate in conical caps, favored by several tribal groups in Burma, including the Wa and Karen.