Warrior's ceremonial helmet ·  India, Naga · ID: 3038856

Description

conical bonnet, a broad band of extremely fine plaited orchid bast around the lower rim, the rest of the bonnet coated with brown fur, wing-shaped ornament to the front, provided with “eyes” (opalescent beetle wings) and decorated with black and red goats hair along the rim, on the inside the bonnet is softly lined (cotton bunches?), very good condition

The object Warrior’s ceremonial helmet with the object ID 3038856 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 12.

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Comparing literature

Jacobs, Julian, The Nagas, London 1990, p. 227