Small head · India, Naga · ID: 3034542
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Provenance
Heide and Hans Kaufmann, Vienna, AustriaSize
H: 8,5 cm
H: 3.3 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, collection label “I 21/2”, two holes for attachment, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, metal socle;
such heads were worn as breast ornaments or attached to baskets.
The object Small head with the object ID 3034542 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 9.
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Comparing literature
Barbier, Jean Paul, Kunst aus Nagaland, Pforzheim 1986, p. 46, ill. 14