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

Lot 96

A Naga carved wood head ornament

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £2016

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Description

A Naga carved wood head ornament
Konyak, Nagaland
with an orange pigment, inset clear glass eyes and with coloured glass beads and dyed wool pompom earrings,
8cm high, 12cm high, including earrings.

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 192.