African, Oceanic & Art of the Americas - 28th April 2022

Lot 1312

Wilfred Fowler

Estimate £50 - £150 | Hammer £100

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Description

Wilfred Fowler

This Island's Mine, 1959,

and five large black and white photographs of the Solomon Islands, including a view across a bay, a man fishing with a spear, a man wearing ear, nose and breast ornaments and holding a club, a man in a canoe and a figures on a yacht, the largest, 35cm x 45.5cm. (6)

Provenance

Wilfred Fowler, District Officer on Ysabel (Santa Isabel), Solomon Islands in 1929 - 1931.