Tribal Art & Antiquities - 22nd September 2020

Lot 460

A Middle Sepik River headrest Blackwater or Chambri Lake area

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £350

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Description

A Middle Sepik River headrest

Blackwater or Chambri Lake area, Papua New Guinea

with an open support and curved top having carved ends of an ancestor head with a pierced nose to one and a crocodile tail to the other, with traces of pigment, 19th / 20th century,

15cm high, 51.5cm long.