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.