Squatting figure · India, Naga · ID: 3040628
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Size
H: 58 cm
H: 22.8 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, eyes with inlay, pierced dot-tattoos, the figure is flat, the lower legs directly superimposed to the body, slightly dam., cracks, abrasion of paint;
figures of the Naga are commemorative images of important persons with a well-defined identity. They were kept inside a dwelling or, more often, a “morung”, the house of the clan’s men.