Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19 Feb 2025

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Five Naga head chest ornaments

£300 - £500 £479

Five Naga head chest ornaments
Nagaland
brass and brass alloy, three with coloured glass beads, including a single from an Indian box cover, 8.5cm high, a smaller single, probably Burma Naga, 5.7cm high, a double, 9cm wide, a triple, 10.4cm wide and a quintuple, with wool tassels, 15.2cm wide. (5)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. pps. 254, 258. (both singles)

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