Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 171
A Naga food dish
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £403
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Description
A Naga food dish
Nagaland
on twin supports and a rectangular base,
23.5cm diameter,
three bamboo vessels, a ladle, two spoons, a bamboo pipe, two knives, a horn container, a brass 'heirloom' bell with three attached bells, seven cane models of storage and carrying baskets and two gourds, a bamboo drinking vessel, with scorched decoration and a handle, nine containers and covers, two dishes, a hip basket, a scraper and a pottery pipe bowl. (qty)
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.
Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. pps. 339, 340.