Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 90
Three Naga carved wood head ornaments
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £353
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Description
Three Naga carved wood head ornaments
Konyak, Nagaland
one with painted tattoo decoration, pierced for attachment, 6.5cm high, another with inset blue glass bead eyes and painted highlights, 5.8cm high, and the third with scorched highlights, 6.5cm high. (3)
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.
Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. pps. 191, 194.