Four Papua New Guinea spatulas cassowary bone with incised stylised decoration

Four Papua New Guinea spatulas

cassowary bone with incised stylised decoration, one with two holes to one end and with a handwritten label Nyiygalimti, two with a single holes,

the longest 33.5cm,

and a boar leg bone, pierced through the centre. (5)

Provenance

Anthony Forge collection.

Sotheby's, London, 2nd Dec 2003, lot 388.