Bone cannibal fork, ex. Beasley Coll.
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Description
Bone cannibal fork, ex. Beasley Coll., Likely mid-19th c., Fiji Islands, carved from a single bone, four long prongs issuing form a handle, black ink collection accession numbers on handle, 9"l
Provenance: Property from the Collection of the Wright Art Trust; Estate of Harry Geoffrey Beasley (1881-1939), curator of Cranmore Ethnographical Museum, England; ex-collection Robert M. Browne, Honolulu; Park Bernet, July, 1970
Provenance: Property from the Collection of the Wright Art Trust; Estate of Harry Geoffrey Beasley (1881-1939), curator of Cranmore Ethnographical Museum, England; ex-collection Robert M. Browne, Honolulu; Park Bernet, July, 1970
Condition
Good, nice patina, color variations, surface rubbing, possibly old losses to tine ends
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Bone cannibal fork, ex. Beasley Coll.
Estimate $300 - $500
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