Sale 5537
Paris
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4 December 2008
Price realised
EUR 6,500
Estimate
TAMBOUR Golfe de Papouasie, Nouvelle Guinée De forme cylindrique, une extrémité en forme de gueule ouverte montrant les dents et à décor de deux visages stylisés au nez en relief et formant une arête verticale, le tout rehaussé de pigment blanc, la poignée avec à chaque extrémité une bande de motifs géométriques, la membrane en peau de reptile retenue par des fibres nouées, inscription lisant: 6146.New Guinea.WBSTR.Jan.1898. Patine sombre et brillante. Hauteur: 65 cm. (25½ in.)
Provenance
W.D. Webster, Bicester, Angleterre, n.6146 Lt. Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt Rivers, Farnham, Dorset Sotheby's Londres, 24 février 1975, lot 45 Ian Auld, Halstead
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