Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2023
Lot 1681
A Masssim dish
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £40
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Description
A Masssim dish
Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea
oblong with carved scroll decoration and with a seated figure at one end,
16cm high,
three Massim betel nut mortars, two pestles, a spatula, a club handle, an oblong bowl, a model stool with a marsupial support, and a coconut shell spinning top. (12)
Provenance
Harry Beran, Cambridge (1935 - 2021)