Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th September 2016
Lot 537
A Solomon Islands axe club Melanesia with a large stone head
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £320
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Description
A Solomon Islands axe club
Melanesia
with a large stone head, bound to a wood shaft with reeds, fibre and resin,
81cm long.
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.