Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018

Lot 659

An Aboriginal seed pendant Tiwi

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £700

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Description

An Aboriginal seed pendant

Tiwi, Melville Island, Australia

gum, human hair and abrus seeds, of trefoil form with applied seeds and with six plaited hair strands with a gummed suspension loop,

63.5cm long.

Provenance

Christie's, Amsterdam, 24 May 2000, lot 183.