SPATULE À CHAUX 
A LIME STICK
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SPATULE À CHAUX A LIME STICK

ÎLES SALOMON

Details
SPATULE À CHAUX
A LIME STICK
ÎLES SALOMON
Hauteur : 23.5 cm. (9 ¼ in.)
Provenance
Collection James Thomas Hooper (1897-1971), Arundel, Royaume-Uni, inv. n° 1179
Christie’s, Londres, Oceanic Art from the James Hooper Collection, 17 juin 1980, lot 46
Amelia (Dolly) et Klaus Gunther Perls (1912-2008), New York, acquise lors de cette vente
Sotheby's, New York, 14 novembre 1995, lot 135
Wayne Heathcote, New York, acquise lors de cette vente
Joel Cooner, Dallas
Collection privée américaine, acquise auprès de ce dernier
Sotheby's, New York, African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art Including Property from the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, 13 mai 2011, lot 303
Collection princière privée, acquise lors de cette vente
Literature
Hooper, J.T. et Burland, C.A., The Art of Primitive Peoples, Londres, 1953, pl. 35(c)
Phelps, S., Art and Artefacts of the Pacific, Africa and the Americas. The James Hooper Collection, Londres, 1976, p. 252, pl. 147, n° 1179
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Lot Essay

L’iconographie singulière de l’objet présenté ici, unique dans le corpus des spatules à chaux de cette région, présente deux figures humaines se tenant dos à dos, l’une contre l’autre, pouvant rappeler celle de certains poteaux de maisons cérémonielles. Une spatule semblable a été photographiée dans le village de Natagera sur l’île de Santa Ana, et publiée par Bernatzik, H., Owa Raha, 1936, fig. 112.

The peculiar iconography of our present lot, unique in the case of lime spatulas, and showing two human figures standing with their backs against each other might be reminiscent of that of certain posts of ceremonial houses, such as the one photographed in the Natagera village on Santa Ana, and published by Bernatzik, H., Owa Raha, 1936, fig. 112. An identical iconography can be seen on a beautiful amulet-like object, published in Waite, D. and Conru, K., Trésors des Iles Salomon, 2007, p. 108, fig. 58.

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