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Superb canoe paddle, Nggao District, Santa Ysabel, Solomon…
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Sydney
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4-May-2022
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Superb canoe paddle, Nggao District, Santa Ysabel, Solomon Islands. Carved hardwood and natural pigment (handle restored) with arching crossbar handle, the leaf-shaped blade scorched and carved in shallow relief with narrow bands of repeating devices and comma shaped elements, length 106.5 x 16.5 cm. Provenance: Sotheby's, London, November 1982, lot 65. Private collection, Massachusetts Bonhams, New York, 20 November 2012, African, Oceanic & Pre-Columbian Art, lot 266. Private collection, New South Wales
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Tribal: S/E Asia, Oceania & Pacific