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

Lot 138

A Naga bridal headdress

Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £882

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Description

A Naga bridal headdress
Manipur, Nagaland
brass, fibre bound with four protrusions each hung with a tapered panel, the main frame with two bamboo sticks, bound ribbons of Job's Tears seeds and beetle wings,
33cm wide,
and a Naga belt, woven fibre with brass plate, orchid stem, dyed cane and cowrie shells, 26cm high. (2)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 260.