Lot: 56

83rd Tribal Art Auction

Squatting figure

India, Naga

Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
H: 22.8 inch This object is not available anymore.

wood, dark brown patina, eyes with inlay, pierced dot-tattoos, the figure is flat, the lower legs directly superimposed to the body, slightly dam., cracks, abrasion of paint;
figures of the Naga are commemorative images of important persons with a well-defined identity. They were kept inside a dwelling or, more often, a "morung", the house of the clan's men.