African, Oceanic & Art of the Americas - 28th April 2022
Lot 1286
An Aibom vessel
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £40
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Description
An Aibom vessel
Chambri Lakes, Papua New Guinea
terracotta, modelled with two masks and with pigment,
13.5cm high,
a Biwat River, Dimeri village pottery face amulet, 10.5cm long, a Abelam model bird, 16cm long and two Trobriand Isalnds cricket balls, nut and mud. (5)
Provenance
Mary-Clare Adam, anthropologist, Honorary Consul of Solomon Islands in Israel.
Collected in 1974 and 1975.