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

Lot 57

Five Naga head ornaments

Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £1260

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Description

Five Naga head ornaments
Nagaland
with pairs of shell discs, four united with coloured glass bead bands and one with fibre, three pairs of the shells with incised dot borders,
30cm - 38.5cm wide. (5)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 233. (the four with beads)