Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 22nd February 2023
Lot 331
A Vanuatu pudding knife
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £220
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Description
A Vanuatu pudding knife
Melanesia
with a carved fish to the handle,
40.7cm long,
an Iatmul zoomorphic flute stopper, 54cm long, a Samoa model canoe, 112cm long, an Abelam model crocodile with pigment, 85cm long, a Fiji dart, 17cm long, a fishing net shuttle, with painted white inventory number 395, 36cm long and three bundles of sennit. (9)
Provenance
Dr James Spillius, London.