Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 29
Two Naga bead necklaces
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £277
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Description
Two Naga bead necklaces
Konyak, Nagaland
coloured glass beads, fibre and brass bell pendants, one with brass spacers and five shells, including the clasp, 31cm long, and the other with bone spacers and a shell clasp, 26cm long. (2)
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.
Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 309. (brass spacers)