Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day One - 17th September 2025
Lot 117
Four Mendi lidded baskets
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £279
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Description
Four Mendi lidded baskets
Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
woven fibre with geometric designs, with rigid loop handles,
36cm, 34.5cm, 34.2cm and 33.8cm high,
two Mendi circular trays, 24.5cm and 27cm diameter and a coiled basket with natural and dyed fibre zig-zags, 23cm high. (11)
Provenance
Mary-Clare Adam, anthropologist, Honorary Consul of the Solomon Islands in Israel.
Mendi baskets collected in 1978.