Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018
Lot 630
Two Massim lime gourds Trobriand Islands
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £220
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Description
Two Massim lime gourds
Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea
spherical with scorched decoration and woven fibre stoppers,
9cm high,
and a Solomon Islands lime container and another, both with blackened decoration. (6)
Provenance
The last two - Christie's, Amsterdam, 24 May 2000, lot 289 part.