A Middle Sepik adze Papua New Guinea wood

A Middle Sepik adze

Papua New Guinea

wood, steel and rattan, the handle with a floret carved terminal and inscribed MATEW, above intricate binding with a blade and a carved crocodile head finial, with white painted inventory number LF/A5,

51cm long, on a stand. (2)

Provenance

Leo Fleischmann Collection, Sydney, inventory number LF/A5.