Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018
Lot 567
Two Iatmul daggers Papua New Guinea cassowary bone
Estimate £400 - £500 | Hammer £380
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Description
Two Iatmul daggers
Papua New Guinea
cassowary bone, with incised stylised decoration, the larger with remains of red and white pigment,
35cm and 34cm long,
and a bone dagger with a fibre binding. (3)
Provenance
Iatmul daggers -
Anthony Forge collection.
Sotheby's, London, 2nd Dec 2003, lot 405