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A FINE MARQUESAS ISLANDS FAN HANDLE
Carved with two addorsed stylized figures with large eyes and scrolling ears, panels of angular geometric ornament below incorporating two stylized figures, tapered point above, dark glossy patina
10¾in. (27.5cm.) long
Carved with two addorsed stylized figures with large eyes and scrolling ears, panels of angular geometric ornament below incorporating two stylized figures, tapered point above, dark glossy patina
10¾in. (27.5cm.) long
Provenance
Admiral Dupetit-Thouars, collected between 1838 and 1842