FOR MALAGAN

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A NEW IRELAND HEAD
For malagan
The large head enveloped by a serpent which pierces the septum of the nose and is grasped by the beak of a bird above, shell-operculae eyes, one eye of the figure separately carved as a projecting cylinder, blackened teeth in the pierced open mouth, the whole painted red, white and black, on tapered shaft
59cm. high

Provenance

Dunrobin Castle, Scotland
Christie's London, June 19, 1979, lot 221
Christine Valluet, Paris

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The pavilion in the grounds of Dunrobin Castle was enlarged by George, 3rd Duke of Sutherland (1828-92), to form a small museum of ethnology, archaeology and natural history. In it he placed the sarcophagus given to him by the Prince of Wales after their visit to Egypt in 1869, stuffed birds and animals, archaeological items excavated locally and artefacts from all over the world, either collected by him or donated by friends and local residents. The 4th Duke of Sutherland added to these collections.

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