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

Lot 84

Five Naga head chest ornaments

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £441

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Description

Five Naga head chest ornaments
Nagaland
brass, including a single from an Indian box lid with yellow glass beads, 9cm high, another single with coloured glass beads, 7cm high, a double head, 8.5cm wide, a triple head with shell and coloured glass beads, 12.8cm wide, and a quadruple with yellow glass beads, 11.7cm wide. (5)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 253, 254. (double, triple and quadruple)