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

Lot 21

Two Naga necklaces

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £353

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Description

Two Naga necklaces
Angami, Nagaland
carved chank shells, coloured glass, shell and carnelian beads, the double shell pendant with a fabric bound bone support, 67cm long, the other with two shell slithers with incised dot decoration, one with a brass wire repair, 56cm long. (2)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. pps. 330, 331.