Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018
Lot 575
An Abelam dagger Papua New Guinea cassowary bone
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £220
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Description
An Abelam dagger
Papua New Guinea
cassowary bone, incised a seated female figure above circles and a linear decorated knuckle, with white collection number F76 and a hand written label Aurmus F. 76,
35cm long.
Provenance
Anthony Forge collection.
Sotheby's, London, 2nd Dec 2003, lot 396.