19th Century Ayigalu Lingam Shrine Box, A freshwater pearl knotted necklace Do you not realize that

Do you not realize that this is not your work but Mine

Beads of this high quality and rarity were of the highest level of African Trade Beads and would have been considered important and greatly valued as a Prestige Bead Trade Bead

Because of its reproductive abilities

- Turquoise & Coral Inlay

it is also from God

19th Century Ayigalu Lingam Shrine Box, A freshwater pearl knotted necklace Do you not realize that19th Century Ayigalu Lingam Shrine Box, A Silver lingam boxes such as these, some of which are suspended from necklaces of pure silver plated wire, were worn by wealthier lay members of the Lingayat sect, devoted to Hindu Lord Shiva. Each box once carried a Jangama Lingam. The Lingam Stone which this beautiful box enshrined was comprised of a small piece of stone carved by an amulet specialist. On finishing the Ligman Stone, it would have been covered