Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day One - 17th September 2025
Lot 89
Three Abelam charms karahut
Estimate £150 - £250
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Description
Three Abelam charms karahut
Papua New Guinea
woven fibre, cowrie and nassa shells, with pigment and two with boar's tusks,
34.5cm, 45.5cm and 49cm long,
an Abelam mask, woven fibre, nassa shells, boar's tusks and pigment, 21cm high, two Eastern Highlands headbands, fibre, nassa shell and pigment, each panel approx. 28cm long, and a Maprik shell chest ornament, with cloth and feathers, the shell 16.5cm wide. (7)
Provenance
Mary-Clare Adam, anthropologist, Honorary Consul of the Solomon Islands in Israel.