Antiquities, Pre-Columbian & Tribal Art - 10th February 2015

Lot 465

A Nias carved jewellery box

Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £70

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Description

A Nias carved jewellery box, Indonesia, with panels of every day objects and foliage, with ancestors to the corners, the lid with scales, a reptile and a fruit, 32cm long.

Provenance:

Property of a lady of title, Kent, UK.

Collected in Nias in the mid 1980's.