Small head sculpture ·  India, Naga · ID: 3049510

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.

The object Small head sculpture with the object ID 3049510 was last part of the auction 99th Auction at November 12, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 171 achieved a sales price of EUR 650.

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Comparing literature

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