African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 15th December 2021
Lot 991
A Papua New Guinea axe
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £120
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Description
A Papua New Guinea axe
Melanesia
wood, greenstone blade and fibre binding,
51.5cm high,
two Papua New Guinea bamboo pipes, with scorched geometric decoration, 25.7cm and 35cm long and five books relating to Papua New Guinea; Gavin Souter, New Guinea: The Last Unknown, 1967; Robert Gardner and Karl G. Heider, Gardens of War, 1974; Jean-Michel Couseau and Mose Richards, Cousteau's Papua New Guinea Journey, 1989; Neil Nightingale, New Guinea, an island apart, 1992; Lonely Planet guide to Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands. (8)
Provenance
Collected by John W. Smith, geologist.
The axe was collected at Laiagam, during a study of the Porgera gold prospect, PNG, 1968.
The pipes were collected during a geological survey Musa Valley, Papua, 1958.