Adornment: The Romy Rey Collection. Online Only Sale. - 04 Jan 2023

Six Naga head chest ornaments

£200 - £300 £420

Nagaland

five on glass bead necklaces, including four brass, one with four heads, 13cm wide and one made from an Indian box and with an animal tooth pendant, one with wire earrings and the fourth with a shell disc clasp, another carved wood with two heads and inlaid glass beads, and the sixth with a carved bone head with glass, bone and shell beads, the head 11cm high. (6)

Provenance

Romy Rey Collection, London.

Condition Report

four head pendant - wear and a casting fault to the bottom edge of the second from right. both orange beads chipped. Indian box head - worn. real right ear missing. brass head with earrings - rubbing to the head. small brass head - wear. real right ear is missing. hole drilled to the right. wooden heads - three beads missing. some chips to the necklace beads. bone head - wear and scratches. natural faults to the shell beads. 1144g.

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