Canoe Paddle, Nggao District, Santa Ysabel, Solomon Islands
Canoe Paddle, Nggao District, Santa Ysabel, Solomon Islands
length 42in (106cm)
Wood

Provenance:
Sotheby's, London, November 1982
Private Collection, Massachusetts

With arching crossbar handle, the leaf-shaped blade scorched and carved in shallow relief with narrow bands of repeating devices and comma shaped elements.
Sold for US$ 4,000 inc. premium

Category: Ethnographic Art / African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art


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