Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 139
A Naga woman's bridal headdress
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £882
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Description
A Naga woman's bridal headdress
Tangkhul, Nagaland
brass, of an arched band, each end hung with graduated coils, each terminating with a bell,
125cm high.
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.
Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 229.