A rare Paraguay calumet South America wood

A rare Paraguay calumet

South America

wood, rectangular of square section, the low relief carved sides decorated a Papaya tree, a panther, a snake, a frog, a lion, deer, a bird, two otters, three figures with bird beak headdress's and further figures and an animal with forked tails, and a geometric panel, the ends pierced, inscribed in yellow PARAGUAY WBSTR ... 1899. and in white numbered 7401,

47cm long.

Provenance

W.D.Webster, number 7401.

Lt.Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt-Rivers, Farnham, Dorset, acquired 1899.

The Mrs N. Van Den Abbeele collection, Christie's, Amsterdam, 29 May 2001, lot 334.