African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 15th December 2021
Lot 980
A Sawos canoe prow ornament
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £950
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Description
A Sawos canoe prow ornament
Middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
carved stylized bird and crocodile heads and with pigment decoration,
92cm long, on a stand. (2)
Provenance
Douglas Newton, New York
Fine Arts Museums, De Young Museum, San Francisco
Sotheby's, Paris, Collections Jolika et Goldman et divers amateurs, 5 Dec 2007, lot 149