Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 404
An Arawe shield
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £479
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Description
An Arawe shield
New Britain, Melanesia
of three rounded boards carved with eight pairs of spirals, with black and white pigment decoration, bound with rattan, the back with an integral handle and painted with linear and scroll decoration,
130.5cm high.
Provenance
David Usborne Collection, London.