Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2023
Lot 1680
Three Massim lime spatulas
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £120
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Description
Three Massim lime spatulas
Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea
one with a carved figure terminal, 42.5cm long, one carved an animal, with shell inlay, 34cm long, one flat, 33.6cm long, two Collingwood Bay lime spatulas, 49cm and 27cm long, a Massim comb, 26.5cm, a Massim fish hook, with a carved head, 28cm long and a Massim carved head finial, 10cm long. (8)
Provenance
Harry Beran, Cambridge (1935 - 2021)