Squatting figure · India, Naga · ID: 3040628
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.
The object Squatting figure with the object ID 3040628 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 56.
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