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

Lot 177

Four Naga knives daos

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £882

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Description

Four Naga knives daos
Nagaland

with iron blades and rattan bound wood handles with inset dyed hair,
69cm, 74.6cm, 80cm and 80.5cm long. (4)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. pps. 246, 247.