Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 18
Three Naga necklaces
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £151
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Description
Three Naga necklaces
Nagaland
chank shells, coloured glass and shell beads,
37.5cm 53cm and 53.5cm long,
and a Naga chank shell neck ornament, with string, 33cm long. (4)
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.
Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. pps. 307, 326. (thirteen shells, shell and red beads)