Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018
Lot 580
Four Papua New Guinea spatulas cassowary bone with incised stylised decoration
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £150
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Description
Four Papua New Guinea spatulas
cassowary bone with incised stylised decoration, one with two holes to one end and with a handwritten label Nyiygalimti, two with a single holes,
the longest 33.5cm,
and a boar leg bone, pierced through the centre. (5)
Provenance
Anthony Forge collection.
Sotheby's, London, 2nd Dec 2003, lot 388.