Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day One - 17th September 2025
Lot 304
An Admiralty Islands dagger
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £889
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Description
An Admiralty Islands dagger
Papua New Guinea
with an obsidian blade and a fibre and gum handle with carved decoration and pigment, the printed sticker ABBEY MUSEUM NEW BARNET,
26.5cm long.
Provenance
William Ohly (1883 - 1955) Berkeley Galleries and Abbey Museum, New Barnet, London, UK, and thence by descent.