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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian Indigenous & Oceanic Art
• Sale Date:
  22 Jul 2014 ~ 6.30pm (Part 1 - Lots 1 - 198)
  23 Jul 2014 ~ 2.30pm (Part 2 - Lots 199 - 331)
• Lot #:
  184
• Lot Description:
  An Early Canoe Prow Ornament (nguzunguzu)
  New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands (nineteenth century); carved wood, pearl shell inlay and resin
  13.7 cm high
• Provenance:
  Reputedly collected in the 1920s; Private Estate Collection, Victoria; Private Collection, Victoria
• Notes:
  This early figurehead is atypical in its diminutively mischievous proportions. The accentuated and flaired curves of the anatomical detail (particularly to the nasal region), highlighted with segments of mother of pearl ornamentation and capped off with the helmetlike protrusion, makes this particular 'Icon of Oceanic Art' all the more intriguing.
• Estimate:
  A$12,000 - 18,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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