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Rare Naga Head Hunters Shrine Panel from India

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Rare Naga Head Hunters Shrine Panel from India

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A very rare old carved wooden shrine embellished with a cast bronze warrior and two carved human heads / skulls above him. The bronze is nude other than the pierced ears and necklace he is wearing. This panel was likely part of an ancestral shrine or warriors shrine prayed to before a head hunting raid. Naga peoples, Northern India. The panel measures 19 inches tall. Provenance: Ex Robert Banks collection, Maryland.

Condition

Fair, weathered

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Rare Naga Head Hunters Shrine Panel from India

Name: Rare Naga Head Hunters Shrine Panel from India
SKU: 90678382
Price: 900 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $1,000 - $2,000

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