A Collection of Papua New Guinea Artifacts:- comprising an axe, possibly a Wedding Axe, with tapered haft, the stone head missing but with geometric decoration in raffia; a wedding bangle carved from a shell and hung with two further shells, strings of seeds and coloured glass beads; two strands of coloured glass beads and two bracelets; a scarified and painted leather belt; a grass skirt with multicoloured layers pendant from the bound waistband; a woven basket and cover of compressed globular form; a similar oval tray; a Ceremonial Wooden Bowl, of quatrefoil form set with four scallop shells; a wooden drum carved as a crocodile; three bows, eight spears and arrows; two wooden masks; an ebonised figure of a man; two embossed copper panels and a pencil drawing
Guide Price:
£100-200