Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 135
A Naga man's apron
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £227
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Description
A Naga man's apron
Nagaland
cloth with a wooden baton through the top and stitched rows of cut edge cowrie shells, with a brass disc having a central spike with red wool,
44cm high, 31.5cm wide.
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.
cf. Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 273.