Spatula with handle decorated with figures with... Lot 7

Spatula with handle decorated with figures with their backs to each other, probably Gawa island. Trobriand Trobriand Missing. Ebony wood Height: 206 mm 19th century Provenance: Christenson Christenson Collection Australia. N°95267 Sotheby's Sydney 27/10/1996 lot 204 Harry Beran Collection England. HB665 Collection John & Marcia Friede.Rye. New York USA The pointed tip, split by a median line accentuating its length, the handle announced by an engraved hoop shape, symmetrically decorated on either side with richly engraved motifs surmounted by an engraved and incised oval shape. Beautiful brown patina