Tribal Art & Antiquities - 22nd September 2020

Lot 486

A Solomon Islands Barava fragment Melanesia giant clam shell tridacna giga

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £450

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Description

A Solomon Islands Barava fragment

Melanesia

giant clam shell tridacna giga, carved with a seated ancestor figure to the side and the torso of another figure in the middle, with two rings above, 16th / 19th century,

16.6cm high, 10.2cm wide, on a stand. (2)