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

Lot 24

Two Naga necklaces and a belt

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £479

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Description

Two Naga necklaces and a belt
Angami, Nagaland
shell, coloured glass and carnelian beads, with fibre and bone, the belt spacers with incised linear and dot decoration,
the belt 76cm long, the necklaces 40cm and 30cm long. (3)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 328. (belt and smaller necklace)