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Lot Essay
Cf. Jacobs, J. et al., The Nagas Hill Peoples of Northeast India, London, 1990, pp.252-254, where the authors state that such ornaments indicated head-taking status
Details
TWO NAGA CHEST ORNAMENTS
Each with brass mask suspended on necklace of glass beads, one with cylindrical orange beads, the other blue, white and red beads
The pendants 8.5cm. and 9.5cm. high (2)
Each with brass mask suspended on necklace of glass beads, one with cylindrical orange beads, the other blue, white and red beads
The pendants 8.5cm. and 9.5cm. high (2)
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