Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 97
A Naga carved wood head ornament
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £882
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Description
A Naga carved wood head ornament
Konyak, Nagaland
with carved linear tattoo decoration and the left ear with a coloured glass bead tassel, the back with a pierced loop for attachment,
6.2cm high, 12.5cm high, including the beads.
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.
Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 193.