African, Oceanic & Art of the Americas - 28th April 2022
Lot 1261
Three Massim adzes
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £420
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Description
Three Massim adzes
Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea
all missing their blades, one with a large disc terminal with a pierced flange, two with carved bird head terminals and all with fibre binding,
66cm, 62cm and 57cm long. (3)
Provenance
The smaller - Mrs Stella Pitt-Rivers, from the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Farnham, Dorset.
Sotheby's, London, 20 March 1981, lot 63 part.