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

Lot 95

Five Naga brass head chest ornaments

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £315

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Description

Five Naga brass head chest ornaments
Nagaland
including an Indian box lid with green glass beads, 9cm high, a single head with string, 7cm high, a double head with attachment loops, 6.5cm wide, a triple head with orange glass beads, 11.5cm wide and a quintuple head with yellow and blue glass beads, 13.2cm wide. (5)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 253. (quintuple heads)