Coiled fibre shield, Solomon Islands, western, Size: H: 96 cm (H: 37.8 inch), ID: 3051149

Coiled fibre shield, Solomon Islands, western, Size: H: 96 cm (H: 37.8 inch), ID: 3051149 - 2/2

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Lot 406

Coiled fibre shield · Solomon Islands, western · ID: 3051149

sold EUR 1,600

Provenance

Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria

Size

H: 96 cm

H: 37.8 inch

Description

cane (“loia”), coiled, “asama” vine,

Comparing literature

Conru, Kevin, Solomon Islands Art, Milan 2008, p. 138, ill. 80

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