Three Naga ceremonial shields

Three Naga ceremonial shields
Nagaland
woven rattan, one with an applied hide figure and a mask, with red dyed tufts of hair and three hair bound finials, 205cm high, another with six hide heads and red dyed hair, with a finial, the shield 141cm high and the third, with the remains of a hide mask, 136.5cm high. (3)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection

cf. Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 250.