Live Auction 1546The Raglan Collection: Wellington, Waterloo and The Crimea And Works of Art from the Collection of the Marquesses of Londonderry
A NUPE HEADDRESS
Lot 278

A NUPE HEADDRESS

NIGERIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed23 May 2014

Price Realised

GBP 750

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A NUPE HEADDRESS
NIGERIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
A bird's head headdress used by hunters; together with two West African harps and a group of North African and Lotuko knives, swords, spears, handcuffs and various other items
11¾ in. (29.5 cm.) high

The following item from this lot was loaned to the Sudan Government Museum on 30 April 1918 under the following description:
7. Lotuko sword.