ADMIRALTY ISLANDS LIME SPATULA
Carved by Fako of Drano village, Manus Island - image-1

Lot 159 Dα

ADMIRALTY ISLANDS LIME SPATULA Carved by Fako of Drano village, Manus Island

Auktion 1216 - Übersicht Brussels
01.02.2023, 14:00 - African and Oceanic Art
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ADMIRALTY ISLANDS LIME SPATULA
Carved by Fako of Drano village, Manus Island

39 cm. long

This spatula, which was owned by Pefen and represents a man with a crocodile’s jaw on his head, was exchanged by Monique de Ganay for three sticks of tobacco on 14 September 1935. Its collection number is 1 413.

Provenienz

Pefen
La comtesse Monique de Ganay on the voyage of La Korrigane
Audap-Godeau-Solanet, Paris, 10 November 1989, lot 1
Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs