Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day One - 17th September 2025
Lot 113
A Melanesia tapa cloth
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £229
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Description
A Melanesia tapa cloth
possibly New Britian
of long tapered form, the top with stylised decoration, in black pigment with yellow highlights, with a string of shells and fibre rings,
246cm long.
Provenance
Dr Leonard Adam Private Collection (1891 - 1960) Anthropologist and lawyer.