A Naga carved wood head ornament

A Naga carved wood head ornament
Konyak, Nagaland
with carved linear tattoo decoration and the left ear with a coloured glass bead tassel, the back with a pierced loop for attachment,
6.2cm high, 12.5cm high, including the beads.

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 193.