Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th September 2016
Lot 509
A Kerewa skull rack
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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Description
A Kerewa skull rack, agiba
Papua New Guinea
wood, with carved and pigment decoration, with a Cassowary skull with a woven fibre backing,
46.5cm high, on a stand. (3)
cf. Douglas Newton. Art Style of the Papun Gulf, 1961, pages 46 and 57 for small agiba hung with birds, animals and reptiles. Agiba were hung in the men's houses and each clan had their own.