Paddle "foe" · Santa Cruz Islands, Western Reef Islands, Pileni or Nifiloli · ID: 3034554
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Provenance
Bonhams London, 20 September 2006, lot 195Size
L: 180 cm
L: 70.9 inch
Description
grained wood, honey brown and middle brown patina, leaf-shaped blade, the relief-carved abstract design represents a frigate bird in flight, slightly dam., missing part (tip of the blade)
Comparing literature
Hurst, Norman, Power and Prestige, Cambridge 1996, p. 63, ill. 71