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

Lot 19

Two Naga necklaces

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £353

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Description

Two Naga necklaces
Nagaland
chank shell, coloured glass, shell and carnelian beads, one with a double shell pendant with a cloth bound wood support and two brass bell pendants, 68cm long, the other with a single large shell and two cut slithers, one with incised dot decoration, 60cm long and a Naga chank shell neck ornament with fibre and cloth, 41cm long. (3)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 326, 331, 332.