Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 100
Two Naga carved wood head ornaments
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £1197
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Description
Two Naga carved wood head ornaments
Nagaland
with painted and stippled decoration, with glass beads and bound fibre ear ornaments, the backs and sides of each head pierced for attachment,
7.5cm and 8.3cm high. (2)
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.
Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 191.