African, Oceanic & Art of the Americas - 28th April 2022
Lot 1245
Two Korwar amulets
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £850
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Description
Two Korwar amulets
Irian Jaya
each with an ancestor figure finial, one with hands under the chin and the other with a shield,
14.8cm high and 25.8cm high, on bases,
a Papua New Guinea seven point stone club head, 10cm wide, a Papua New Guinea bamboo lime container, 32cm high, with a cassowary bone lime stick carved a bird finial, 35.4cm long, and two Papua New Guinea cassowary bone daggers, 36cm and 37cm long. (7)
Provenance
Roger Todd Collection, London, UK.