Tribal Art - 2nd September 2015
Lot 705
A Sepik war trumpet
Estimate £300 - £400
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Description
A Sepik war trumpet, Papua New Guinea, carved with a mask with applied shells, with bird behind and with a carved body, pigment decoration, 65cm long.
Provenance
Cyrille Vanheyst, Palm Beach, Sydney.
Cyrille Vanheyst made many trips to New Guinea between 1957 - 1970 in his capacity as a mine engineer advising on several major projects.