Lot 43
  • 43

Betel Nut Pestle, Massim, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • wood
  • Height: 7 1/2 in (19 cm)

Provenance

Fenton and Sons, London, July 10, 1895, lot 11 (part)
General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers, Rushmore, Dorset, acquired at the above auction
Thence by Descent
Christie's, London, October 2, 1990, lot 76 (part), consigned by the above
Lynda Cunningham, New York, acquired at the above auction

Exhibited

Pitt-Rivers Museum, Farnham, Dorset, January 4, 1898 - circa 1965

Literature

General Fox-Pitt-Rivers, Catalogues of his Collections, 1882-1898, Vol. 3, p. 1189