Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2023
Lot 1673
A Papua New Guinea woman's canoe
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £200
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Description
A Papua New Guinea woman's canoe
Melanesia
the prows with crocodile heads and standing curved male ancestor figures, with a carved stylised egde and a serrated rib with intersperced pierced fastening loops, the underside with an integral loop at either end, with traces of red pigment,
270cm long.
Provenance
Dr Laurence R. Goldman Collection. (typed label 1081 Woman's Canoe)