Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 103
Three Naga carved wood heads
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £529
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Description
Three Naga carved wood heads
Nagaland
one with glass beads and bound fibre ear ornaments, 9cm high, another with bared teeth, 8.5cm high, both pierced at the sides and the third with an open mouth and pierced at the top for attachment, 5.6cm high. (3)
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.
Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. pps. 191, 193. (two larger heads)