
Lot 264
Two Spearpoints, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea
11 November 2019, 15:00 EST
New YorkSold for US$4,450 inc. premium
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Two Spearpoints, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea
lengths 16 1/4 and 17in (41 and 43cm)
Provenance
Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California
One carved with a full figure in the center with a finely woven fiber and beaded binding above and inset with two stingray (Dasyatis fluviorum) stinging spines on top; the other with a squared face and finely incised mid-section above a finely woven fiber binding.
Provenance
Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California
One carved with a full figure in the center with a finely woven fiber and beaded binding above and inset with two stingray (Dasyatis fluviorum) stinging spines on top; the other with a squared face and finely incised mid-section above a finely woven fiber binding.