Superb early Bougainville ceremonial Stone- headed axe, Solomon Islands. Carved stone with cane and natural fibre. Finely shaped double-ended stone head, lashed with woven sennit to a twisted cane handle, length 39 x 30.5 cm. Provenance: old collection number 332 acquired in 1978, by descent Ex collection Arte Primitivo, Barcelona, Spain. Private collection, New South Wales