Warrior's ceremonial headdress · Inde, Naga · ID: 3040332
Vendu
600 €
Description
conical bonnet, surface from fine red plant fibre netting with yellow orchid fibres forming linear ornaments, adorned with a collar of goats hair, two boar tusks and feather, min. besch.;
the hornbill feather is a symbol of beauty and strength: in fact, this mythical king of the birds with its long feathers and its powerful beak possesses these two qualities which always must go together and be related harmoniously in Naga set of values. The boar tusks are symbols for courage and power.
Littérature comparée
Somaré Grata, Vigorelli, Leonardo, The Nagas, Bergamo 1992, p. 32 f.