Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 174
Ten Naga spears
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £1197
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Description
Ten Naga spears
Nagaland
wood, red dyed goat hair, nine with metal blades, three with incised decoration and four with metal end tips,
the longest 251cm. (10)
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.
cf. Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 249.