Warrior hairpin ·  India, Naga, Konyak · ID: 3036245

Description

wood, black patina, red paint in some places, decorated with rectangular and diamond-shaped deepenings with inserted mirror glass, a tuft of red dyed goats hair on the upper end, slightly dam., mirror glass partly broken, on the backside partly missing;
Konyak men in the northern Mon District tie flat and wide pins into their hair at the back so that the hair is formed into a bun with the pin attached horizontally.
The hairpin indicated status.

The object Warrior hairpin with the object ID 3036245 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 19 achieved a sales price of EUR 620 with an asking price of EUR 400.

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Comparing literature

Kunz, Richard, Naga, Basel 2008, p. 168, ill. 304