Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 20th February 2024
Lot 265
Two Massim lime spatulas
Estimate £400 - £600
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Description
Two Massim lime spatulas
Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea
one with a seated figure finial and an open beak issuing the squared shaft, the other with a squared form handle with with punched dots and holes along two sides,
36.5cm and 25cm long,
and a Melanesia pudding knife / spatula, with a ribbed handle with an incised concentric circle, zig-zags and dashes, with eight piercings along the sides and with traces of a red/orange pigment, 42.5cm long. (3)
Provenance
The van Raalte Collection, UK.