Tribal Art & Antiquities - 22nd September 2020
Lot 437
A Massim lime spatula Trobriand Islands
Estimate £600 - £800
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Description
A Massim lime spatula
Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea
with a carved and pierced seated figure,
35.5cm long.
Provenance
From the estate of Margaret Mavel, whose mother took the spatula to America from Australia when she emigrated aged 100.
Woolley and Wallis, Tribal Art, 19th June 2014, lot 1615.