Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018
Lot 576
Two Papua New Guinea spatulas / knives cassowary bone
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £110
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Description
Two Papua New Guinea spatulas / knives
cassowary bone, with incised stylised decoration, each with an attachment hole, one with a hand written label Yina used for yam cutting Numbuggai II,
33cm and 31.5cm long,
and a Sepik River line stick with a pierced terminal. (3)
Provenance
Anthony Forge collection.
Sotheby's, London, 2nd Dec 2003, lot 400.