Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art - 24 March 2010 | Melbourne
Lot 252
Oceanic Artefacts
Nelikum Village, Maprik
District, East Sepik
Province, Papua New Guinea
AN ABELAM HORNBILL LINTEL FIGURE
District, East Sepik
Province, Papua New Guinea
carved hardwood decorated with red, white and black pigments
68.0 cm height
Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,000
Lot Details
Description
Oceanic Artefacts
Nelikum Village, Maprik
District, East Sepik
Province, Papua New Guinea
AN ABELAM HORNBILL LINTEL FIGURE
District, East Sepik
Province, Papua New Guinea
carved hardwood decorated with red, white and black pigments
68.0 cm height
Provenance
Collected in the field, late 1940s
Private collection, Melbourne