Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 122
Four Naga body cloths
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £252
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Description
Four Naga body cloths
Angami, Nagaland
strip woven with supplementary-weft geometric panels, one end with a fringe and the other with a coloured cotton edging,
the largest 116cm x 197cm,
and a Angami woman's skirt, 63cm x 120cm. (5)
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.
cf. Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 285.