Two trumpets and two flutes ·  Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Britain · ID: 3034074

Description

a) trumpet, bamboo, middle brown patina, l: 40 cm, incised wave lines, slightly dam.; b) flute, Fidji Islands/Samoa, bamboo, l: 64 cm, striped pattern with triangles in pokerwork; c) flute, Fidji Islands, bamboo, wire, l: 43 cm, sailing vessel motif, slightly dam., provenance: Bodes en Bode, Den Haag, The Netherlands; d) trumpet, Indonesia, Sulawesi, Toraja, bamboo, l: 48,5 cm, accurate incised delicate ornaments, characters in some places, the patterns on one half of the trumpet unfinished, slightly dam., minor missing parts (rim), cracks, provenance: Elisabeth Verhey, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The object Two trumpets and two flutes with the object ID 3034074 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 82.

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