Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 131
A Naga man's apron
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £378
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Description
A Naga man's apron
Nagaland
cloth with stitched rows of cut edge cowrie shells, the top with a wood baton and the back with reed staves,
51cm high, 37cm wide.
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.
cf. Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 273.