9th Aug, 2017 10:00 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 446
 

446

An Early/Mid 20th Century Ambrym Islands Small Slit Gong (Atingting Kon), Vanuatu, carved from...

An Early/Mid 20th Century Ambrym Islands Small Slit Gong (Atingting Kon), Vanuatu, carved from one piece of wood, with elongated dished face, large circular disc eyes, hooked nose and hobnail type carved coiffure extending down the side of the face to meet at the chest in a double scroll, the cylindrical body with long deeply carved slit over a circular plinth, 71.5cm

Sold for £120
Estimated at £300 - £500


 

The right side of the body has a crack running down most of its length, otherwise in good condition.

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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 9th Aug, 2017

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