Lot 222

IATMUL TRIBE, SEPIK RIVER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA LIME CONTAINER
EARLY/ MID 20TH CENTURY




Auction: 10 December 2010 at 10:00 GMT
£875
Description
of tubular form with carved bird and figural decoration, wood fibre and coloured pigment
Dimensions
69cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Collected by Robert Patrick who was a marine engineer in the early/ mid 20th century.
Notes: Similar lime spatula's can be found at the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, accession number 2670-137a and at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco.



