African, Oceanic & Art of the Americas - 28th April 2022
Lot 1311
A Solomon Islands parrying shield qauata
Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £1300
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Description
A Solomon Islands parrying shield qauata
Melanesia
having a curved blade with a medial ridges issuing from a W motif and terminating as the outline of a frigate birds beak, the tapering shaft with a knopped tip,
137.5cm 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.