£3,250
African & Oceanic Art, Antiquities and Natural History | 663
Auction: 24 November 2021 at 10:00 GMT
carved wood, modeled after that of the fruit of the pandanus, the head with central protruding spike surrounded by eight rows of raised cones, the shaft curving down into a flanged butt
Provenance:
From the collection of John Thislethwaite (fl. 1840s - 1850s), a Quaker merchant. Thence by descent.