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

Lot 41

Five Naga beaded necklaces

Estimate £250 - £350 | Hammer £529

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Description

Five Naga beaded necklaces
Ao, Nagaland
coloured and clear glass beads and fibre, the five strand necklace with brass and bone spacers,
22cm, 28cm, 29.5cm, 37.5cm and 40.5cm,
and a Naga orange glass bead multi strand necklace, 49cm long. (6)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 322. (three Ao necklaces)