Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day Two - 18th September 2025

Lot 643

Five Naga chank and fishtail pendant necklaces

Estimate £300 - £500

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Description

Five Naga chank and fishtail pendant necklaces
Nagaland
brass and coloured glass beads, including two plain chank pendants with pierced attachment holes to the tops, 14cm and 12.5cm long, one with brass disc pendants and a bell to the glass beads, another double with relief human masks to the fronts, 15cm long, a large fishtail pendant with a human face to the top and a ribbed body, 27.3cm long, and a double fishtail pendant, 9.3cm long. (5)

Provenance
Adornment: The Romy Rey Collection, London.
Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, 17th January 2023, lot 1010.