A Naga dao holder

A Naga dao holder
Ao, Nagaland
the pierced wood block with incised linear and stamped circle decoration, later inscribed LUNGSA Nov 1979 and with a typed label Tribe: AO, Village: Lungsa, Dao case 1979, with a cotton and wool belt,
the holder 18cm long,
a Naga wood dao holder with fibre binding and strap with a bamboo toggle, 40cm long, and a Naga bark and reed belt, 28cm wide. (3)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 245. (block dao holder)