Fine Naga Hat

Naga people, Northeast India (Nagaland)/Myanmar, 1st half 20th c.

Dyed cane and orchid fiber with bear’s fur and boar’s tusks

10” x 11”  (21” h on base)  (25.4 x 27.94 cm [53.34 on base])

Price: $975

 
 

A finely woven example. For a similar example, see Jacobs (1990: 224).

REFERENCES

Jacobs, Julian. The Nagas: Hill Peoples of Northeast India. New York: Thames

and Hudson, 1990.