Six Naga spears

Six Naga spears
Nagaland
wood with goat hair and rattan binding, five with metal blades, stamped MA 7744, MA 7775, MA 7875, MA 7877, MA 7879, three with incised decoration, five shafts painted numerals, 17/ 310, 17 / 311, 17 / 445, 17 / 446, 17 / 447,
the longest 184.5cm. (6)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

cf. Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 249.