Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day One - 17th September 2025
Lot 106
A Massim betel nut pestle
Estimate £150 - £200
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Description
A Massim betel nut pestle
Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea
the handle with an open entwined scaley body with two heads,
16cm long,
and a Massim lime spatula finial, with two carved heads, 6.6cm high. (2)
Provenance
Mary-Clare Adam, anthropologist, Honorary Consul of the Solomon Islands in Israel.