Details
A SOLOMON ISLANDS FLOAT
In the form of a stylized frigate bird with curved body, prominent rounded head, projecting beak, surmounted by a bonito fish form, supported on a right angled element coming from the center of the bird's back, the entire object inlaid with bands of geometrically cut mother of pearl X-shaped ornaments, square hole drilled through the center of the base, traces of red pigment, 21¼in. (54cm.) long
In the form of a stylized frigate bird with curved body, prominent rounded head, projecting beak, surmounted by a bonito fish form, supported on a right angled element coming from the center of the bird's back, the entire object inlaid with bands of geometrically cut mother of pearl X-shaped ornaments, square hole drilled through the center of the base, traces of red pigment, 21¼in. (54cm.) long
Provenance
Collected by Lieutenant John Burke, USNR, in the Solomon Islands during World War II.
Literature
Linton, R. and Wingert, P. New York, 1946, p. 182.
Exhibited
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Arts of the South Seas, 1946. This exhibition travelled to Worcester, Massachussetts, The Worcester Art Museum.
New York, American Museum of Natural History, The John Burke Collection, January 1947- May 1948.
New York, American Museum of Natural History, The John Burke Collection, January 1947- May 1948.