Tribal Art & Antiquities - 22nd September 2020
Lot 479
A Massim canoe prow tabuya Trobriand Island
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £380
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Description
A Massim canoe prow tabuya
Trobriand Island, Papua New Guinea
with carved curvilinear bird head motifs and with the remains of white, red and black pigment,
50cm long.
Provenance
George Botelho Collection. A teacher in the Massim area between 1981 and 1989.
The Cobbs Auctioneers, New Hampshire, 16 May 2020, lot 60.
Exhibited
Traditional Artifacts From the South Pacific, University Gallery, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Nov - Dec 1991.