Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018
Lot 626
Three New Guinea shell ornaments including a bracelet carved squares and crosses
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £280
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Description
Three New Guinea shell ornaments
including a bracelet carved squares and crosses, inscribed L.1699/451. 111031. Kibler, Waigeo.,
7cm diameter,
and two necklaces; one with twenty four small drop shape pendants with glass beads and fibre, Mendi, Highlands, the other with eight drop shape pendants on a fibre and cloth strand. (3)
Provenance
Christie's, Amsterdam, 24 May 2000, lots 285, 286, 301 part.