Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day One - 17th September 2025

Lot 312

An Andaman Islands model canoe roko

Estimate £400 - £600

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Description

An Andaman Islands model canoe roko
Bay of Bengal
with white pigment criss-cross and linear decoration, with outrigger supports, inscribed Model Canoe with outrigger Andaman Isld: d.d. E. H. Man. A.I.60., and a typed label Model of a Canoe (roko) with Outrigger, and Paddle. ANDAMAN Islands, Given by E. H. Man. C.I.E. (A.I.60),
136cm long.

Provenance
William Ohly (1883 - 1955) Berkeley Galleries and Abbey Museum, New Barnet, London, UK, and thence by descent.