Tribal Art & Antiquities - 22nd September 2020
Lot 458
A Middle Sepik adze Papua New Guinea wood
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £800
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Description
A Middle Sepik adze
Papua New Guinea
wood, steel and rattan, the handle with a floret carved terminal and inscribed MATEW, above intricate binding with a blade and a carved crocodile head finial, with white painted inventory number LF/A5,
51cm long, on a stand. (2)
Provenance
Leo Fleischmann Collection, Sydney, inventory number LF/A5.