£4,000
African & Oceanic Art and Antiquities | 576
Auction: 15 October 2019 at 16:00 BST
carved wood, standing on a flat rectangular base with a bird (possibly a hornbull) support beneath a curved pillow, bearing a nineteenth century label reading "From N. New Guinea native pillow" and a separate metal bordered paper tag in common usage through the mid to late nineteenth century, details accentuated with lime
Provenance:
Private collection, United Kingdom