Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 143
A Naga hat
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £567
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Description
A Naga hat
Nagaland
cane with finely woven red dyed cane and yellow orchid stem decoration, with a band of fur and a pair of woven cane mounted boar's tusks,
23cm high.
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.
Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 224.