Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 136
An Angami man's ceremonial dress
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £1890
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Description
An Angami man's ceremonial dress
Nagaland
comprising a pair of woven rattan leggings, natural and red dyed with yellow orchid stem decoration, 28cm long, a chest ornament, with a wood panel applied black and red dyed hair with rows of cut edge cowrie shells, with a cloth, hair and cowrie shell mounted strap, 80cm long, a pair of arm bands, with cloth, hair and Job's Tears seeds, 18cm long, a pair of cotton and wool sashes, 186cm long and an ear ornament, of a metal cone with beetle wings, Job's Tears seeds and red dyed hair, with a reed mount, 23cm long. (8)
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.
Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 236.