Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018
Lot 581
Two Papua New Guinea daggers Melanesia cassowary bone
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £70
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Description
Two Papua New Guinea daggers
Melanesia
cassowary bone, with bands of carved decoration, one with four pierced holes to the top,
31cm and 31.5cm long. (2)
Provenance
Collected in Papua New Guinea by Norman Ripley in 1932 and thence by descent.