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    Sale 5307

    ART AFRICAIN, OCEANIEN ET PRECOLOMBIEN

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    7 June 2005

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    • RARE MASSUE KERAMO
    Lot 31

    RARE MASSUE KERAMO

    ILES SALOMON

    Price realised

    EUR 24,000

    Estimate

    EUR 2,000 - EUR 3,000

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    RARE MASSUE KERAMO
    Iles Salomon
    La partie supérieure se terminant par une fourche et recouverte de divers motifs géométriques rehaussés de pigment blanc. Belle patine sombre et brillante.
    Longueur: 166 cm.

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    Lot Essay

    Voir Edge-Partington, J., An Album of the Weapons, Tools, Ornaments, Articles of Dress Etc., of the Natives of the Pacific islands, 1890, vol.1, p.227, pour une massue identique dans la collection du Rev. Alfred Penny, Stoke-upon-Trent. L'auteur décrit la massue comme étant "Un emblème Tindalo en forme de massue (Tila) appartenant à la tribu Keramo ou guerriers Tindalos. Cette massue est plus particulièrement connue sous le nom de Kula-ni-kauia (grand ami)".

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    Post Lot Text

    RARE SOLOMON ISLANDS CLUB


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