THREE NAGA TORQUES
MYANMAR, EARLY 20TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
£1,625
African & Oceanic Art, Antiquities and Natural History
Auction: 5 May 2020 at 12:00 BST
Description
brass, each with eleven protuberances, with two in the form of human heads immediately to the left and right of centre (3)
Dimensions
widest 18cm diameter
Footnote
Provenance:
Acquired in situ 1926/1927 by Brigadier Ross Cosens Howman who led an expedition into the Hukawng Valley to supress headhunting practise among the local Naga population.
Thence by descent.