Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018
Lot 84
A rare Paraguay calumet South America wood
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £1400
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Description
A rare Paraguay calumet
South America
wood, rectangular of square section, the low relief carved sides decorated a Papaya tree, a panther, a snake, a frog, a lion, deer, a bird, two otters, three figures with bird beak headdress's and further figures and an animal with forked tails, and a geometric panel, the ends pierced, inscribed in yellow PARAGUAY WBSTR ... 1899. and in white numbered 7401,
47cm long.
Provenance
W.D.Webster, number 7401.
Lt.Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt-Rivers, Farnham, Dorset, acquired 1899.
The Mrs N. Van Den Abbeele collection, Christie's, Amsterdam, 29 May 2001, lot 334.