VINTAGE NAGALAND HEADHUNTERS WOODEN MASK WITH BUFFALO HAIR
Item History & Price
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I have compiled a wealth of uniq VINTAGE ORIGINAL NAGALAND HEADHUNTERS WOODEN MASK WITH BUFFALO HAIRI picked this mask up on a trip up into Nagaland about 9 years ago. original mask with buffalo hair not a tourist piece and is around 35 years old. The North-Western area of Burma is known as Naga Land. Naga Land had been off-limits for a half century. The Naga were and probably still are, in the remote northern Patkai range of mountains confirmed headhunters. ...;During World War two, Major C.M. Enriquez said that Japanese heads, taken during their retreat into India, hung in Naga bamboo groves with arrows driven through the eye sockets, to insure that the spirits could not wander away, sold for two heads for a penny. Many tribes of Naga live in both India and Burma, and traveled back and forth as they wished. Nothing was more troublesome to the central government than groups of nomadic hill tribes who pack up and move all the time. Even more of a problem is the idea that national boundaries did not exist, and that the hill people were free to wander about the mountains as they choose. Burma's border with India was there, delineated on a map, but the Naga found themselves in both countries, and didn't know or care about the difference. Porous borders, far away from any government control meant nothing to the Naga since they had no national identity.Height: 15 inches...38cm.Width: 6 inches...15cm. PLEASE NOTEIF YOU HAVE 10 OR LESS FEEDBACK DO NOT BUY MY ITEMS UNLESS YOU CONTACT ME FIRST! Due to the size, shape and being slightly fragile, some pieces will have to be specially wrapped, boxed and insured for loss only which shows in the shipping cost, I do not intend to take any chances with these pieces, better safe than sorry, it would be heart breaking to think it arrived broken and deserves looking after. I LIST NEW ITEMS EVERY WEEK, CHECK OUT MY WEIRD AND WONDERFUL ITEMS UP FOR AUCTION. PAYPAL ONLY READ THIS BEFORE YOU BID The Thai postal service charges $30.00 a kilo by air, land sea is a lot cheaper but takes longer. I cannot be held responsible for your countries import taxes or any other duties that have to be paid or control what Thai post charges for shipping. All items shipped with a tracking number. Shipping from Thailand can take between 14 to 28 days depending on the postal service and area so please be patient. Thai post will not ship to Brazil, Spain or The Russian Federation and many other eastern block countries so I can only use EMS which is about double the shipping rate quoted but twice as quick taking between 7-10 days. So please contact me first for a quote before you buy. I do my best to bring you unique and sometimes very rare items. I can sell you an item, wrap it as carefully as I can and then ship it to you. I cannot control what Thai post charges for shipping or tell you the exact time it takes to arrive to you, and can only give you a rough idea from past dealings, I have no control what so ever over any postal service's or U.S. customs. I use bubble wrap and peanuts to cushion each item from possible mishandling during shipping. If for any reason, the item is broken, please email within 24 hours along with pictures of the broken item, original box inside and outside. I try to take good photo's with different angles, I also put all the information I know about the piece on the page including Height, Width and Weight, I also state clearly at the bottom of the page what it will cost me to ship it to you, I do not charge for the box and wrapping which is also expensive here as it has to be imported.
