Spatule à chaux · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Baie de Milne, Îles Trobriand, Massim · ID: 3046839
Vendu
1 800 €
Provenance
collected in situ by Rev. John W. Dixon, stationed Dobu (1923-26) and Fergusson Island (1929-41)Olive Dixon (collectors widow)
Harry Beran, Cambs, Great Britain (1981)
Marcia & John Friede, Rye, USA
Description
Unusual lime spatula made from the jawbone of a crocodile and still equipped with eight teeth.
Exposition
London, Museum of Mankind: "Miniature Sculpture from Papua New Guinea", December 1988 - May 1989