(MILNE BAY PROVINCE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA), 1950s

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
27 March 2013
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THREE MASSIM SPATULAS

(MILNE BAY PROVINCE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA), 1950s

carved wood with fine incised lime-filled traditional decorations

34.0 cm, 35.5 cm and 38.0 cm height

Estimate: 
$1,000 - 1,500 (3)
Sold for $1,560 (inc. BP) in Auction 28 - 27 March 2013, Melbourne
Provenance

Private collection, acquired in the 1950s by an employee of Carr Shipping and Trading Company, operating out of Milne Bay
Private collection, Melbourne