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Lot 64 Dα

PAPUAN GULF SMALL GOPE BOARD

Auction 1216 - overview Brussels
01.02.2023, 14:00 - African and Oceanic Art
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 12.600 € (incl. premium)

PAPUAN GULF SMALL GOPE BOARD
Papua New Guinea

old label ’18 Nahol name Koha’ and ‘New Guinea’ in black, chalked number 6937
47.5 cm. high

The reverse with ‘New Guinea’ painted in black and chalked number 6937. Only a small portion remains of an old paper label which was formerly inscribed ’18 Nahol name Koha’.

Image reproduced by kind permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library. Add.9455, vol. 8, p.2125

Provenance

Lt. Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt Rivers, Farnham, acquired in 1897
Sotheby’s, London, 11 July 1988, lot 28
Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs

Literature

"Pitt Rivers Ledger", Add.9455, vol.8, p.2125