Tribal Art & Antiquities - 1st March 2017
Lot 231
‡ A Lega spoon Democratic Republic of Congo bone with a incised decoration
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £1300
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Description
‡ A Lega spoon
Democratic Republic of Congo
bone with a incised decoration,
16cm long,
a Congo ivory knife handle, a Nigeria ivory divination tapper, a bone ornament, a bone bottle shaped mortar pendant, an ivory pestle, an ivory needle ornament and a needle, two Fiji marine ivory pendants, a marine ivory 'testicles' ornament, possibly Austral Islands, an ivory ovoid pendant and two carved ivory corn cobs. (13)
Provenance
Seward Kennedy, London.