Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 146
A Naga hat
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £693
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Description
A Naga hat
Nagaland
cane with red dyed leaf fibre and yellow orchid stem decoration, mounted with a pair of horns with natural and dyed hair tufts, and the base with two pairs of fibre and resin bound boar's tusks,
24cm high.
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.
Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 224.