Tribal Art & Antiquities - 19th February 2020

Lot 716

An Admiralty Islands dance wand Melanesia animal femur bone with incised hatch decoration

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £320

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Description

An Admiralty Islands dance wand

Melanesia

animal femur bone with incised hatch decoration, the end pierced for attachment and the other later inscribed ADMIRALTY ISL., and hung with strands of shells, beads, seeds and fibre,

33.5cm long.