£7,500 - £8,500
WITHDRAWN. AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY HUMAN SKULL, GULF PROVINCE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA.
With carvings and rattan to hook over the agiba (skull hook). This piece would be of particular interest to collectors with a focus on anthropology and tribal cultures. (55cm)
Provenance: Collected by Thomas Schultze-Westrum. Sold at auction in Germany. Ex Lawrence Pebbles collection. Photographs of the skull in situ published in "Agiba and the Head Cult of the Kerewo" by the late Lawrence Pebbles .
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