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Torque Necklace * Hmong in finely chiseled silver, five ranks, from China, vintage early twentieth century.
This collar is in good condition and is of high quality.
A note: some small shocks and wear of time, see pictures.
Mong or Hmong are native to Asian peoples of the mountainous regions of southern China (mainly Guizhou Province) and to the north of Vietnam and Laos. They are also called Miao. In the early nineteenth century, the Hmong crossed the Sino-Laotian border to settle in the regions of Nong Het, Hua Phan, Phongsaly, Oudomxay, or Muang Sing. It is the mountains of Laos they were encouraged to grow poppy and produce opium. First, by and for the Chinese, and then by the French.
