Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

λA Naga boar tusks necklace
Nagaland
with black seeds, cowrie shells and glass beads,
24cm wide,
a Naga ceremonial hip basket, with dyed red hair, 32cm high, a Naga hip ornament, of a bust with black and red dyed hair, 27cm high, a Naga double fish tail brass pendant, 9.5cm high, a Naga scrapper implement, 28cm long, a Naga box and cover, with two compartments and with exterior holes for string, 10.5cm high, two brass rings with bells, a brass tweezer pendant, five brass buffalo head pendants, a brass buffalo horn pendant, a brass buffalo finial, a necklace with a brass mask with engraved buffalo horns to the back and flanked by horn pendants, a bronze gorget shape bell pendant, a brass anklet with engraved floral decoration, a Tibet cast brass plaque decorated zodiac animals and auspicious emblems and two Tibet cases, one with coral and turquoise and the other with three bells. (23)

Provenance
Romy Rey Collection, London.