A NAGA CARVED WOODEN FIGURE OF A FEMALE, PROBABLY KONYAK, NAGALAND, NORTH-EAST INDIA

The figure standing square on an ovoid base with four indents, with a large head, her hands placed flat against her hips

These figures were often completed with clothing and embellishments. Carved wooden figures served various functions in Naga culture, from providing models for larger scale sculptures to preparation for weddings and war. Related figures from the Konyak and Sema tribes in the collection of the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford, are illustrated in Jacobs 1990, pp.200-2.