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

Lot 71

Twelve Naga ear ornaments

Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £2520

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Description

Twelve Naga ear ornaments
Nagaland
conch shell, with incised dot decoration, nine depicting stylised figures and three with dot borders, eight with wood/reed pegs, fibre and a glass bead, one with a bone peg, bamboo plug, glass bead and fibre and one with fibre and a glass bead,
the largest 8.5cm high. (12)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 232.