Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 167
A Naga beaded belt
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £1512
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Description
A Naga beaded belt
Konyak, Nagaland
woven cloth with bands of coloured glass beads, applied shell discs and with tassels having bone spacers,
80.5cm long,
and four Naga men's sashes, woven cotton with died red hair fringes, three with yellow orchid stems, 153cm, 154cm, 178cm and 179cm long. (5)
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.
Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. pps. 235, 306. (Three sashes, beaded belt)