Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018

Lot 629

Two fibre headdress possibly West Coast of India or Madagascar of scalloped form with a palmette...

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £140

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Description

Two fibre headdress

possibly West Coast of India or Madagascar

of scalloped form with a palmette top with sewn light and dark fibre decoration, hand written number 6359 and one faintly inscribed Female Headdress of Coconut fibre West Coast ...,

19cm long. (2)

Provenance

The Mrs N. Van Den Abbeele collection, Christie's, Amstersdam, 29 May 2001, lot 374.