Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th February 2019
Lot 1395
A pair of Iatmul war trumpets kuls Papua New Guinea one with a carved perched bird terminal with...
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £50
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Description
A pair of Iatmul war trumpets kuls
Papua New Guinea
one with a carved perched bird terminal with a tapering conical body with a medial scaled ridge with a mouth piece, the end with two masks,
93cm long,
the other with remains of a mask terminal, a raised mouth piece and a scroll carved border, 51cm long. (2)
Provenance
Collected in Germany in the 1960's and thence by descent.