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Details
An Admiralty Islands charm, a Solomon Islands ear stick and two finials
The first a disc carved and painted with a red, white and black quatrefoil on one side; the long ear stick encased in red and yellow 'grasswork'; a Hermit Islands lime stick finial with carved reptile; and another with a bird head, middle Sepik
11.5cm. to 23cm. long (3)
The first a disc carved and painted with a red, white and black quatrefoil on one side; the long ear stick encased in red and yellow 'grasswork'; a Hermit Islands lime stick finial with carved reptile; and another with a bird head, middle Sepik
11.5cm. to 23cm. long (3)
Provenance
Captain Haug, later acquired by L. Bretschneider from the Linden Museum, for the first; James Pearl, 1826, for the ear stick; H.G. Beasley for the last finial