Warrior hairpin ·  India, Naga, Mon and Tuensang Districts · ID: 3035015

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Description

wood, dark brown patina, of slender form, the upper part carved with forteen stylized heads, red coloured tuft of goats hair attached, collection number “GLB43/2/1991” backside, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, socle;
in many Naga groups men wear their hair cut in a straight line short above the ears, which looks like a cap. Sometimes a strand of hair in the nape is left to grow. It is tied to a knot which is crossed by a big ornamental hairpin which indicates the status of its owner. The carved heads symbolize the numbers of heads taken by the warrior.

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Publications

Somaré Grata, Vigorelli, Leonardo, The Nagas, Bergamo 1992, p. 87

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