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JOHN HEWETT IS SURVIVED AND REMEMBERED BY THE MANY OBJECTS WHICH PASSED THROUGH HIS HANDS FROM THE LATE 1940S UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1994. SOME WERE BOUGHT AND SOLD, SOME PASSED INTO HIS OWN COLLECTION, AND SOME WERE GIVEN AWAY, AS IS THE CASE WITH THIS GROUP OF OBJECTS, A TESTAMENT TO HIS GENEROUS SPIRIT.
AS A DEALER AND COLLECTOR HE DID NOT SPECIALISE OR COLLECT IN THE FIELD. HIS TASTE WAS BROAD AND CATHOLIC AND VERY GOOD. TO ADD HIS NAME TO THE COLLECTION HISTORY OF AN OBJECT ADDS MAGIC. HE IS MISSED.
W.G. AND A.H.
AMULETTE
GOLFE DE PAPOUASIE, NOUVELLE-GUINÉE
Details
AMULETTE
Golfe de Papouasie, Nouvelle-Guinée
Marupai, en forme de tête d'animal, décorée de motifs géométriques incisés remplis de chaux, insérée dans un panier de fibres végétales tressées. Patine sombre et brillante. Ancienne étiquette de la collection Beasley.
Longueur: 9.7 cm
Golfe de Papouasie, Nouvelle-Guinée
Marupai, en forme de tête d'animal, décorée de motifs géométriques incisés remplis de chaux, insérée dans un panier de fibres végétales tressées. Patine sombre et brillante. Ancienne étiquette de la collection Beasley.
Longueur: 9.7 cm
Provenance
H.G. Collyer Collection
H.G. Beasley, no.1434, acquise en 1924 à la Stevens Auction Rooms, John Hewett, Londres
H.G. Beasley, no.1434, acquise en 1924 à la Stevens Auction Rooms, John Hewett, Londres
Further details
A PAPUAN GULF CHARM, MARUPAI