African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 8th June 2021

Lot 572

A Sepik River paddle

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £350

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Description

A Sepik River paddle

East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

with an abstract pigment design to the blade and carved decoration o the top of the stem, with an oval knop and ribbed terminal, 1st half 20th century,

181.5cm long, on a stand. (2)

cf. The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller, Christie's, New York, 10 May 2018, lot 916.