What culture makes this metal conical necklace?

Jim McDougall · 29th December 2015, 05:46 PM

Well noted Ibrahiim!
These curiously simply represented figures do remarkably resemble the type seen in material culture of the Kalash (formerly known as Kafirs) who now populate regions in Chitral and as you note Himachal Pradesh. Similar motif and decoration have been discussed on some weaponry as you have linked (thank you for furnishing that).
It is interesting that one of the inherent weapons used by these people is the dagger known as 'katara', a rather distinct hilted form with somewhat equal width pommel crossbar and crossguard giving it the rather familiar H shape seen on some other ethnographic forms.

As noted, the styling of the beads here reveals the distinct trade networking which carried cultural influences between these regions then collectively included as part of Northern India in earlier times and the Arabian peninsula.

29th December 2015, 05:46 PM	#3
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,200	Well noted Ibrahiim! These curiously simply represented figures do remarkably resemble the type seen in material culture of the Kalash (formerly known as Kafirs) who now populate regions in Chitral and as you note Himachal Pradesh. Similar motif and decoration have been discussed on some weaponry as you have linked (thank you for furnishing that). It is interesting that one of the inherent weapons used by these people is the dagger known as 'katara', a rather distinct hilted form with somewhat equal width pommel crossbar and crossguard giving it the rather familiar H shape seen on some other ethnographic forms. As noted, the styling of the beads here reveals the distinct trade networking which carried cultural influences between these regions then collectively included as part of Northern India in earlier times and the Arabian peninsula.