Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 408
A Baining headdress
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £441
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Description
A Baining headdress
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
wood, fibre and tapa with red and black pigment decoration, the peaked cap with a bird surmount, having outstretched wings,
73cm high.
Collected in Gaulim in 1977.