A TONGA HEADREST, the curved and waisted support lashed with plaited fibre to the two U-shaped supports on rectangular feet (one restored), repairs

Provenance

Sir Harry Luke, Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific 1938-1942
Sir Harry was the author of several books about the various countries in which he served whilst in the Colonial Service, and the lot is sold with a copy of one of his works, Islands of the South Pacific, published in 1962