African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 15th December 2021
Lot 915
An Iatmul dance staff
Estimate £200 - £300
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Description
An Iatmul dance staff
Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea
palmwood, one end carved a figure and the other with a pointed terminal, with remains of leaf fibre binding, with white painted inventory number A29,
115.5cm long.
Provenance
Dr Leonhard Adam (1891 - 1960) Anthropologist and lawyer. Inventory number A29.