THREE MICRONESIAN HAIR ORNAMENTS - image-1

Lot 97 Dα

THREE MICRONESIAN HAIR ORNAMENTS

Auction 1216 - overview Brussels
01.02.2023, 14:00 - African and Oceanic Art
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.386 € (incl. premium)

THREE MICRONESIAN HAIR ORNAMENTS

18 to 32.5 cm. long

Provenance

Provenance
1 – With old label “Wooden comb from an island called Rook one of the Hogilous Caroline group worn in the hair as an ornament 1897”, Lt.Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt Rivers, Farnham; Nelly van den Abbeele, Brussels; Christie’s, Amsterdam, 24 May 2000, lot 198
2 – With old inscription “Wooden hair pin worn by men and women Hogilous Islands Caroline Group”, Lt.Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt Rivers, Farnham; Nelly van den Abbeele, Brussels; Christie’s, Amsterdam, 24 May 2000, lot 226
3 – unknown
All three Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs