Auction Closed
May 13, 03:32 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
FIGURE FOR MALAGAN
Tabar Island, New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago
Wood, pigments, Turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula
Height: 46 ½ in (118 cm)
Carl Haug, collected in situ in the village of Tatawe in 1907
Linden-Museum, Stuttgart (inv. no.🌃 62875), acquired from the above in 1909
Ludwig🦩 Bretschneider, Munich, acquired from the above by exchange in 1967
Harry A. 💞Franklin, Be🌠verly Hills, acquired from the above before 1970
PUBLISHED
John Lunsford, Arts of Oceania, Dallas, 1970, n.p., cat. no. 91 (listed)
George R. Ellis, Oceanic Art: A Celebration of Form, San Diego, 2009, p. 45, cat. no. 24
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Arts of Oceania, October 10 - November 29, 1970
San Diego Museum of Art, Oceanic Art: A Celebration of Form, January 31, 2009 - January 3, 2010