Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 116
A Naga body cloth
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £353
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Description
A Naga body cloth
Nagaland
with ninety-six rectangles of red dyed dog hair and twelve circles of cowrie shells, the fringed ends with cowrie shells,
115cm x 154cm.
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.
Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 296.