February Online Auction (Sale 286)

Papua New Guinea Assortment

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Start price: $150

Estimated price: $300 - $500

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Description

(4) items including a Kamoro peoples ’eme’ hourglass shaped drum carved from a single block of wood having an animal shaped integrated handle with decorative carving and reptile hide drum head secured using braided bamboo strips; an Asmat ‘wuramon’ wood spirit canoe having a human head shaped prow and (3) figures with one being attacked by a bird; a woven fiber bag having bead and feather attachments; and a cassowary bone dagger having woven fiber, bead and feather decoration

Height: 29 1/2 inches, Width: 10 1/2 inches, Depth: 7 1/2 inches

Condition: Very Good to Good, overall light to moderate wear consistent with normal use; drum and canoe retain traces of pigment in recesses of carving; strap of woven bag detached but present

Category: Decorative Arts > Ethnographic

Estimated Sale Time: 3:01 pm CST

Sales Tax: Kansas (6.5%), New Jersey (6.625%), Pennsylvania (6%), Washington (10.5%)

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Condition: Very Good to Good, overall light to moderate wear consistent with normal use; drum and canoe retain traces of pigment in recesses of carving; strap of woven bag detached but present

Dimensions: 29.5 x 10.5 x 7.5 in