Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day One - 17 Sep 2025
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A Solomon Islands headrest
A Solomon Islands headrest
Melanesia
with a curved rounded edge top and a deep frieze and end supports, carved stylised leaves and frigate bird heads, each end with a relief head, on lozenge shape feet, the underside inscribed New Caledonia "Speak" Bequest [1932.468],
12cm high, 25.5cm long.
Provenance
Speak Bequest, UK.
William Ohly (1883 - 1955) Berkeley Galleries and Abbey Museum, New Barnet, London, UK, and thence by descent.
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