Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 22nd February 2023
Lot 320
Four Massim adze handles
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £180
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Description
Four Massim adze handles
Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea
two with a carved figure and one with carved scrolls and a metal blade, the fourth with rattan binding,
37cm - 51cm long, and a stone adze blade, 13cm long. (5)
Provenance
Harry Beran, Cambridge (1935 - 2021)