Tribal Art & Antiquities - 1st March 2017
Lot 466
A Sepik war trumpet Papua New Guinea wood
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £250
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Description
A Sepik war trumpet
Papua New Guinea
wood, carved a mask with applied shells, with a 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.