13th Jun, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 380
 

380

A Papua New Guinea Flute Stopper, of red clay modelled as a human mask with inset cowrie shell...

A Papua New Guinea Flute Stopper, of red clay modelled as a human mask with inset cowrie shell eyes, a claw set to his forehead and with painted decoration to the hooked nose and face, set onto a bone handle/stopper, 33cm; a Papua New Guinea Dark Stained Wood Ancestor/Fertility Figure, as a man with pierced ears and nose, inset cowrie shell eyes, standing, a mask carved at his chest, 56cm; an Abalam Yam Mask, Papua New Guinea, constructed of woven wicker, 61cm by 29cm; a Papua New Guinea Tapas Cloth, of rectangular form, painted with animals and palm trees in black on a chocolate brown field; 85cm by 108cm; Papua New Guinea Road System 1977, a large colour printed map, 126cm by 182cm; a Papua New Guinea Flute and Stopper, the flute of bamboo with raffia and feather binding, the large wood stopper carved as the figure of man, kneeling with his hands clasped to his knees, with inset cowrie eyes and operculum shells to the forehead, wearing a stylised lizard headdress, with red and ochre dotted and banded decoration 108cm overall (6)
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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 13th Jun, 2018

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