Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 175
Nine Naga spears
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £1638
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Description
Nine Naga spears
Nagaland
wood with dyed and natural goat hair, with fibre and seven metal blades, one stamped MA 7718, and six metal end tips,
the longest 189cm. (9)
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.
cf. Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 248.