Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022
Lot 301
Two Buka Island paddles
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £8500
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Description
Two Buka Island paddles
Solomon Islands
with carved blades and with red and black paint, one with a seated figure with a bird on his head, the reverse with a pair of lizard feet and long tail, the other with two figures and a lizard, one with a luggage sticker NEW ZEALAND EXPRESS COMPANY. Wellington.,
169.5cm and 181cm long. (2)
Provenance
Bonhams, London, 20 September 2006, lot 213.
Romy Rey Collection, London.