Adornment: The Romy Rey Collection. Online Only Sale. - 04 Jan 2023

A pair of Naga armbands

£50 - £100

£50

Nagaland

dyed and natural fibre, each of three bands bound with leaf to the inside,

10.2cm diameter,

a wire bound armband with red fibre tufts, cowrie shell and shell pendants, 10.8cm diameter, and two Naga head ornaments, one with dyed hair tufts, 19cm and 23cm diameter. (5)

Provenance

Romy Rey Collection, London.

Condition Report

pair of armbands with minor colour loss and breaks. one with section of the interior lining split and missing, the other less so. shell armband good. headband with hair with a small section with remains of a white pigment. some hair loss and general wear. larger headband some fibre lifting and minor losses and with general wear. 133.9g.

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