Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21 Sep 2022
A Rapa Nui standing figure
A Rapa Nui standing figure
Easter Island, Polynesia
with a ribbed coiffure and large brows, having circle recess pupils and a crescent mouth, with a W symbol behind each ear, arms to the side and with profiled legs,
51cm high, set in a base, the underside with a Paris Exportation label.
Provenance
Private Collection UK, acquired in the 1960s.