African, Oceanic & Art of the Americas - 28th April 2022
Lot 1288
Two Massim splash boards
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £40
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Description
Two Massim splash boards
Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea
with carved figures, birds and scrolls and with pigment,
26.5cm and 29cm high,
a Massim drum, with reptile skin and inset operculum shells, 35.5cm high, a Mendi, Southern Highlands basket with a hoop handle and a chain linked cover, 38cm high. (4)
Provenance
Mary-Clare Adam, anthropologist, Honorary Consul of Solomon Islands in Israel.
Collected in 1977 and 1978.