Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th September 2016
Lot 536
Seventeen Solomon Islands adze blades Melanesia green stone and stone
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £320
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Description
Seventeen Solomon Islands adze blades
Melanesia
green stone and stone,
15cm - 6cm long. (17)
Provenance
Wilfred Fowler, District Officer on Ysabel (Santa Isabel), Solomon Islands in 1929 - 1931 and author of This Island's Mine, 1959, an autobiographical account of his time on the island.