A Naga pipe

A Naga pipe
Nagaland
the bowl carved as a head, with elliptical eyes and an open mouth with tongue, the stem carved five graduated half figures with their heads tilted up, the end with a cane binding,
16cm long,
and another Naga pipe, with a carved head bowl and six heads to the stem, 20cm long. (2)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 335.