Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 145
A Naga pipe
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £1386
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Description
A Naga pipe
Nagaland
the bowl carved as a head with crescent eyes and an open mouth with tongue, with a metal liner, the stem carved with two figures sitting back to back, one with raised arms and with their hands to the open jaw of a sitting amimal, with a bamboo mouthpiece,
25.5cm long.
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.