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Lot Essay
Cf. Jacobs, J. et al., The Nagas Hill Peoples of Northeast India, London, 1990, pp.256-257
Details
SEVEN NAGA WARRIOR'S NECK ORNAMENTS
Each composed of brass or aluminium spirals with attached animal's teeth in groups of two, three or four teeth, fibre binding, two on strings of cylindrical orange and red glass beads, the teeth with creamy to dark brown patinas
The teeth 7cm. to 8.5cm. long (7)
Each composed of brass or aluminium spirals with attached animal's teeth in groups of two, three or four teeth, fibre binding, two on strings of cylindrical orange and red glass beads, the teeth with creamy to dark brown patinas
The teeth 7cm. to 8.5cm. long (7)
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