Monkey skull and small anthropomorphic head · India, Naga · ID: 3046683
sold
EUR 800
Size
H: 16 cm / 7 cm
H: 6.3 inch / 2.8 inch
Description
wood, bone, pigments, rest., base
Such carved monkey skulls and anthropomorphic heads are used as chest or basket ornaments to indicate head-takers status.
The object Monkey skull and small anthropomorphic head with the object ID 3046683 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 110 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.
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Comparing literature
Jacobs, Julian, The Nagas, London 1990, p. 191