Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022
Lot 375
Six Abelam lime spatulas
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £300
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Description
Six Abelam lime spatulas
Papua New Guinea
cassowary bone, with incised stylised decoration, pierced at one end, four with pigment fill, one labelled Kalabu and another NYIDGALIMBI,
the longest 33.5cm,
and a wood spatula, 39.2cm long. (7)
Provenance
Anthony Forge, 1929 - 1992, Anthropologist.