Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th September 2017
Lot 665
λ A Palau Islands dish Micronesia turtleshell
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £2800
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Description
λ A Palau Islands dish
Micronesia
turtleshell, oblong with fish tail handles, with handwritten label Tortoise-shell dish, Tellus Island, Manila 29 Dec/89 and Beasley Collection label inscribed Pelew, 4017, 2-3-36, late 19th century,
20.7cm long.
Provenance
Collected 29th December 1889.
Harry Geoffrey Beasley Collection, 2nd March 1936.