African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 15th December 2021
Lot 933
An Adze
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £180
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Description
An Adze
East Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea
with a fibre bound stone blade, the handle inscribed EAST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, NEW GUINEA, L. A. BERNDT, 1953,
36cm long.
Provenance
Ronald Murray Berndt (1916 - 1990) Anthropologist. Working in Papua New Guinea 1951 - 53.
Dr Leonhard Adam (1891 - 1960) Anthropologist and lawyer, from the above.