Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas​ | Antiquities Online Only Sale - 20th August 2026

Lot 71

λ THREE NEPAL SHAMAN'S TRAVELLING BASKETS

Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £343

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Description

λTHREE NEPAL SHAMAN'S TRAVELLING BASKETS
woven rattan, the larger with leather covering the lid and top, the other two with woven fibre bags,
with contents including three leather Shaman's harnesses, with metal clasps and applied numerous metal bells, two with cowrie shells, of which one with a tortoise shell, a pair of boar tusks and two mirrors, and five chains of metal bells,
40cm, 35cm and 32cm high. (11)

The harnesses are worn by the Kham-magar Shamen to protect them from the assaults of disembodied malevolent spirits during exorcisms.

Provenance
Alain Rouveure Collection, UK.