African, Oceanic & Art of the Americas - 28th April 2022
Lot 1281
An Abelam yam cult figure
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £50
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Description
An Abelam yam cult figure
Maprik, Papua New Guinea
with a double hornbill head crest and with pigment,
113cm high.
Provenance
Mary-Clare Adam, anthropologist, Honorary Consul of Solomon Islands in Israel.
Collected in 1975.