Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 20th February 2024
Lot 276
Two Massim markers
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £227
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Description
Two Massim markers
Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea
one carved two birds and a human figure and the other with a bird crest, the backs with two vertical grooves,
24cm and 27cm high,
and a Massim charm, carved on both sides with a bird head and fish tail, 28.5cm long. (3)
Provenance
Herbert F. Rieser, London.
The van Raalte Collection, UK.