Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day One - 17th September 2025
Lot 135
Six Central Highlands stone axe heads
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £356
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Description
Six Central Highlands stone axe heads
Papua New Guinea
including greenstone and basalt,
20.5cm, 20cm, 16.3cm, 9.8cm, 7.8cm and 6.2cm long. (6)
Provenance
Ronald Murray Berndt (1916 - 1990) Athropologist. Working in Papua New Guinea 1951 - 1953.
Dr Leonard Adam Private Collection (1891 - 1960) Anthropologist and lawyer.