A dance paddle, hoe
Property of various owners
A dance paddle, hoe
Austral Islands, the small circular pommel carved with eight faces, tapering to a cylindrical shaft adjoining the slim leaf blade , typically carved all over with netlike diaper patterning and horizontal wave bands (Fortess label no. 27481).
length 52 ¼in
Sold for US$ 10,800 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Fortess collection, Hawaii

Category: Ethnographic Art / Tribal


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