Kanak Roof Spire Fragment, New Caledonia
height 29in (73.7cm)
finely carved with a classic Kanak face with flaring nostrils and extended eyes, surmounted by an elaborately carved openwork design; fine reddish-brown encrusted patina.
Provenance:
Plaza Art Galleries, New York, September 1968
Estate of Sydney L. Sheldon, New York
finely carved with a classic Kanak face with flaring nostrils and extended eyes, surmounted by an elaborately carved openwork design; fine reddish-brown encrusted patina.
Provenance:
Plaza Art Galleries, New York, September 1968
Estate of Sydney L. Sheldon, New York
Sold for
US$ 5,250
inc. premium
Category: Ethnographic Art / African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
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