A Naga bridal headdress

A Naga bridal headdress
Manipur, Nagaland
brass, fibre bound with four protrusions each hung with a tapered panel, the main frame with two bamboo sticks, bound ribbons of Job's Tears seeds and beetle wings,
33cm wide,
and a Naga belt, woven fibre with brass plate, orchid stem, dyed cane and cowrie shells, 26cm high. (2)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 260.