African, Oceanic & Art of the Americas - 28th April 2022
Lot 1310
A Solomon Islands parrying shield qauata
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £650
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Description
A Solomon Islands parrying shield qauata
Melanesia
with a curved blade carved a medial ridge issuing from a W symbol and terminating in an outline of a frigate birds beak, the tapering shaft with a knopped tip,
138cm 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.