African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 15th December 2021

Lot 905

An Eastern Highlands dog collar rattle

Estimate £100 - £200

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Description

An Eastern Highlands dog collar rattle

Kukukuku people, Papua New Guinea

bird breast bones, seed pods, fibre and tapa,

19cm long,

and two Papua New Guinea spinning tops, coconut shell with carved decoration, 8.5cm and 10.5cm diameter. (3)

Provenance

Mary-Clare Adam, anthropologist, Honorary Consul of Solomon Islands in Israel.

Collected in 1975.