Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19 Feb 2025
Two Naga necklaces
Two Naga necklaces
Angami, Nagaland
one with a single carved chank shell, with incised dot and linear decoration, with blue glass, shell and carnelian beads, 44.5cm long, and the other with a double shell pendant, having incised dot decoration and with a bound bone support to the back and with coloured glass and shells beads, 34cm long. (2)
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.
Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. p. 330.