Mixed lot (8 items): Naga, India, Burma: 8 metal bangles (copper and brass), of which 3 are pairs and 2 are individual.
Mixed lot (8 items): Naga, India, Burma: 8 metal bangles (copper and brass), of which 3 are pairs and 2 are individual.
The Naga’s rich repertoire of ornaments also includes different types of bangles.
1: Two high and flexible spiral bangles made of copper. Made each of a single long piece of round copper wire, coiled into a cone. They are probably not a pair. H: 15 cm and 12.5 cm.
2: A pair (2 items) of spiral bangles, made of unusually thick copper wire. Diameter: both c. 5.5 cm.
3: A pair (2 items) of small spiral bangles made of conically coiled flat bands of brass. With nice and delicate grooved pattern (fishbone and blossom motifs) on the outside of the brass bands. H: each c. 8 cm.
4: A pair of cuffs (2 items), conical, with side slits. Made of yellow cast-alloy (brass) using ‘waste mould’ casting. Fine plaited patterns on the outside of each cuff. H: each c. 8.5 cm.
All five objects are old and have been worn. Most of the bangles belonging to the Konyak Naga. First third to half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance: Austrian Private Collection.
Lit.: 'The Nagas' by Julian Jacobs, ill. p. 261.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
02.11.2015 - 14:00
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EUR 500.-
Mixed lot (8 items): Naga, India, Burma: 8 metal bangles (copper and brass), of which 3 are pairs and 2 are individual.
The Naga’s rich repertoire of ornaments also includes different types of bangles.
1: Two high and flexible spiral bangles made of copper. Made each of a single long piece of round copper wire, coiled into a cone. They are probably not a pair. H: 15 cm and 12.5 cm.
2: A pair (2 items) of spiral bangles, made of unusually thick copper wire. Diameter: both c. 5.5 cm.
3: A pair (2 items) of small spiral bangles made of conically coiled flat bands of brass. With nice and delicate grooved pattern (fishbone and blossom motifs) on the outside of the brass bands. H: each c. 8 cm.
4: A pair of cuffs (2 items), conical, with side slits. Made of yellow cast-alloy (brass) using ‘waste mould’ casting. Fine plaited patterns on the outside of each cuff. H: each c. 8.5 cm.
All five objects are old and have been worn. Most of the bangles belonging to the Konyak Naga. First third to half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance: Austrian Private Collection.
Lit.: 'The Nagas' by Julian Jacobs, ill. p. 261.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 02.11.2015 - 14:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 28.10. - 02.11.2015 |