Day 1 - Tribal Art the Americas, Indonesia & Oceania - 18th September 2019
Lot 1473
A Malagan figure New Ireland
Estimate £2,500 - £3,500 | Hammer £2800
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Description
A Malagan figure
New Ireland, Melanesia
standing in the jaws of a fish, with inset opercula shell eyes and a pierced resin to the head and remains of pigment,
90cm high, mounted in a stand.
Provenance
Christie's, Paris, Art Africain et Oceanien, 1 December 2010, lot 88.