HUON GULF, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Important Fine Art + Indigenous Art
Melbourne
29 November 2017
147

BETAL NUT MORTAR

HUON GULF, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

carved hardwood

19.0 cm height

Estimate: 
$1,000 – 2,000
Sold for $1,098 (inc. BP) in Auction 52 - 29 November 2017, Melbourne
Provenance

John Thomas Wise, Hobart, c.1900s
Thence by descent
Private collection, Tasmania (grandson of John Thomas Wise)
Private collection, Tasmania, acquired from the above c.2000
Private collection, Queensland