Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art - 6 October 2010 | Melbourne
Lot 203
Artefacts (Oceanic)
Huon Gulf, Morobe Province,
Papua New Guinea
A FINE TAMI BOWL
Papua New Guinea
1940s carved and incised hardwood with traces of pigment, with carved decorated handles in the form of the tail and head of a bird devouring a fish, the base decorated with a design of a human head adorned with a decorative headdress
64.0 cm length
Estimate:
$1,200-1,600
Lot Details
Description
Artefacts (Oceanic)
Huon Gulf, Morobe Province,
Papua New Guinea
A FINE TAMI BOWL
Papua New Guinea
1940s carved and incised hardwood with traces of pigment, with carved decorated handles in the form of the tail and head of a bird devouring a fish, the base decorated with a design of a human head adorned with a decorative headdress
64.0 cm length
Provenance
Private collection, Melbourne