Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025

Lot 176

Six Naga spears

Estimate £250 - £350 | Hammer £403

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Description

Six Naga spears
Nagaland
wood with goat hair and rattan binding, five with metal blades, stamped MA 7744, MA 7775, MA 7875, MA 7877, MA 7879, three with incised decoration, five shafts painted numerals, 17/ 310, 17 / 311, 17 / 445, 17 / 446, 17 / 447,
the longest 184.5cm. (6)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

cf. Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 249.