Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2023
Lot 1658
A large Iatmul ceremonial house panel
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £250
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Description
A large Iatmul ceremonial house panel
Papua New Guinea
carved as a elongated mask, with large eyes, nose and protruding tongue, with smaller masks set within, with red, white, ochre and black pigment,
190cm high.
Provenance
Dr Laurence R. Goldman Collection.
Christies's, London, Important Tribal Art, 22 June 1993, lot 143.