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

Lot 99

Four Naga brass head chest ornaments

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £227

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Description

Four Naga brass head chest ornaments
Nagaland and India
including a large single, from an Indian box lid with coloured glass beads, 8.7cm high, another single, probably Burmese Naga, 6.7cm high, a double with coloured glass beads, 8.5cm wide, and a triple, 10cm wide. (4)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. pps. 253, 258. (triple, small single)