Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day Two - 18th September 2025

Lot 781

A Massim betel nut mortar

Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £102

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Description

A Massim betel nut mortar
Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea
with stylised scroll decoration and with a pestle,
16cm high and 18.7cm long,
a Highlands headband, with nassa shells and remains of dyed red fibre, a Highlands nassa shell armband, an Abelam fibre bride currency talipun, 26cm high, two Papua New Guinea shell necklaces, a mask and a barbed spear tip, 43.5cm long. (9)