Sago Ladle

Tami Islands, Papua New Guinea, 19th/early 20th c.

Ex–English collection

24" l x 4” w (60.96 x 10.16 cm)

Price: $1,200

 
 

Condition report: Old break to upper-right rim of the scoop.

REFERENCES

Art Papou: Austronésiens Et Papous De Nouvelle-Guinée. Marseille:

Musées de Marseille, 2000, cat. 49.

Parsons, Lee Allen. Ritual Arts of the South Seas: The Morton D. May Collection.

St. Louis: The St. Louis Art Museum, 1975, cat. 138.