Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018

Lot 635

A rare Marshall Islands chiefs fibre belt Micronesia pandanus leaf

Estimate £3,000 - £4,000 | Hammer £4600

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Description

A rare Marshall Islands chiefs fibre belt

Micronesia

pandanus leaf, the tightly bound strips with a black dyed and natural leaf patterned covering,

33.5cm long.

Provenance

Lt.Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt-Rivers, Farnham, Dorset.

Christie's, Amsterdam, 24 May 2000, lot 219.