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

Lot 124

Ten Naga sashes

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £1386

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Description

Ten Naga sashes
Nagaland
strip woven with embroidered decoration, two including figures and four with applied cowrie shells,
the longest 202.5cm,
six Naga shoulder bags; two Kerami, Burma, a Naga body cloth, a Naga woman's skirt, with cowrie shells, an apron panel, with embroidered figures and applied buttons, a shirt and a panel. (21)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 299 (Kerami bags)