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Small head sculpture, India, Naga, Size: H: 10 cm (H: 3.9 inch), ID: 3049510
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Lot 171
99th Auction

Small head sculpture ·  India, Naga · ID: 3049510

sold EUR 650
Provenance
German Collection
Size
H: 10 cm
H: 3.9 inch

Description

wood,

This small wooden heads were used as chest ornaments by head-takers or attached to head-takers baskets. Along with monkey skulls and boar’s tusks they were often used as a tally of the number of heads taken.

Comparing literature

Jacobs, Julian, The Nagas, London 1990, p. 186 ff.

Asia

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