African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 15th December 2021
Lot 885
λ A Sepik River ceremonial flute
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £150
+ Buyers Premium
Description
λ A Sepik River ceremonial flute
Papua New Guinea
bamboo with leaf fibre binding and pigment, with a hornbill beak stopper with applied shells, with cassowary feathers,
108cm long.
Provenance
Mary-Clare Adam, anthropologist, Honorary Consul of Solomon Islands in Israel.
Collected Kamanabit, Middle Sepik in 1975.