Hair ornament
Men of the Konyak-Naga weave such carved boards into the back of their long hair. Ornamentation with heads or human figures was only allowed to be used by headhunters. Ideally, the number of depictions corresponded to the number of captured heads
Men of the Konyak-Naga weave such carved boards into the back of their long hair. Ornamentation with heads or human figures was only allowed to be used by headhunters. Ideally, the number of depictions corresponded to the number of captured heads
Collector:
Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf (1909 Wien - 1995 London) DNB
Culture
Naga / Konyak
Material/technology:
wood, goat hair
Copyright
Weltmuseum Wien
Collection area
South Asia, Southeast Asia, Himalayas
Invs.
126764
