Symmetrical Ancestral Board from Papua New Guinea
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.
This item has been included into following indexes:
-
New Guinea tribal artefacts
- canoe prows and paddles 263
- other artefacts 1,213
Visually similar items
A Georgian gold musical fob seal, oval base with embossed floral motif containing musical mechanism to floral embossed horseshoe shaped surmount with fluted oval bead set winding stem, unmarked test for 22ct with approx. 14ct base. (some minor repairs). He
18ct gold, diamond and ruby ring, Van Cleef & Arpels, of bombe design, claw-set with a circular-cut ruby framed by brilliant-cut diamonds, size H, signed VCA for Van Cleef & Arpels, numbered NY5K866-3. Accompanied by a Van Cleef & Arpels box.
A French gold mounted rock crystal perfume bottle, 19th century, the Siros Collection, South Australia, the slender tear drop body rising to a spreading gold collar and a hinged cover enclosing a gold stopper, unmarked but assayed as gold, 9 cm long
African luba carved ivory figure. Height 21 cm