Two Buka Island paddles

Two Buka Island paddles

Solomon Islands

with carved blades and with red and black paint, one with a seated figure with a bird on his head, the reverse with a pair of lizard feet and long tail, the other with two figures and a lizard, one with a luggage sticker NEW ZEALAND EXPRESS COMPANY. Wellington.,

169.5cm and 181cm long. (2)

Provenance

Bonhams, London, 20 September 2006, lot 213.

Romy Rey Collection, London.