Lot 61
PAIR OF BAINING CLUBS
NEW BRITAIN, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Auction: 28 May 2026 from 13:00 BST
Description
carved wood and greenstone, each with a long shaft, stepped butt and flaring top with inset carved greenstone head (2)
Dimensions
127.1 & 125cm long
Provenance
Private collection, United Kingdom, acquired from the below in 2006
Ben Hunter, London
Private collection, Sweden
Footnote
For similar, please see:
Hooper, Steven (ed.), Power and Prestige. The Art of Clubs in Oceania, Venice 2021, p. 83, fig. 53