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