Trobriands Lime container with braided stopper - Trobriand Islands (No Reserve Price)
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Headhunter's torque, boar tusks - Ao - Naga - India (No Reserve Price)
No. 83464837
Headhunter's torque, boar tusks - Ao - Naga - India (No Reserve Price)
An authentic Ao Naga, Nagaland torque, consisting of two very large boar tusks, joined together to form a circle by some woven cloths. At the center ot the adornment, there is a piece of rhomboïde leather decorated with a red "star" of wool (more elaborate exemples have a red bead at he center)
A chip of tusk is missing at the backside, as seen at the last photos
The pendant measures 15 x 13 cm
Will be send in a registered parcel by Hellenic Post.
(E.S.P. is a Dr of Prehistoric Archaeology and Ethnology and a passionate collector of tribal arts mainly from the South Seas)
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