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

Lot 80

Sixteen Naga arm ornaments

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £151

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Description

Sixteen Naga arm ornaments
Nagaland
brass and aluminium, including a spiral with trumpet shape ends with incised dot scroll decoration, 18.5cm long, a tapered spiral, 10.7cm long, five with cut or cast protrusions, the widest 10.2cm, six open brass bangles with incised linear chevron decoration, the widest 7.9cm, three plain aluminium open bangles, the widest 8.6cm, and five brass ear ornaments. (21)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. pps. 260, 261, 262.