Lot #206 - An Early Spear
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Auction House:Mossgreen
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Sale Name:Australian Indigenous & Oceanic Art
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Sale Date:22 Jul 2014 ~ 6.30pm (Part 1 - Lots 1 - 198)
23 Jul 2014 ~ 2.30pm (Part 2 - Lots 199 - 331) -
Lot #:206
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Lot Description:An Early Spear
Probably New Hebrides, Polynesia (late nineteenth century); carved hardwood
198.5 cm high -
Provenance:Private Collection, Melbourne
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References:For two related examples from New Hebrides see, Steven Hooper, Art and Artifacts of the Pacific, Africa and the Americas: The James Hooper Collection, Hutchinson, London, 1976, plates 13 (3758) and 14 (2219)
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Estimate:A$700 - 1,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Tribal
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