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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  The Todd Barlin Collection
• Sale Date:
  17 Aug 2015 ~ 6pm
• Lot #:
  4
• Lot Description:
  A Superb Ancient Barava, Western Solomon Islands
  18th Century or earlier; mostly complete with two large and impressive figures standing on circular base. The shell is very thick and with an ancient patina of the oldest types of these objects have; on a custom made display stand.
  20 x 16cm
• Provenance:
  Tebbenham Collection; Tebbenham was on the Navy Ship the HSM Mohawk 1898 on a punitive expedition to the Western Solomon Islands due to head hunting raids on the neighbouring Islands. Ex BL Hornshaw Collection (1878-1937); Hornshaw was an avid collector of Pacific and Australian Aboriginal artefacts, he received many of his pieces from people who lived and worked in the Pacific in the late 19th Century.The most complex clam shell objects were barava, ornate openwork plaques created in the wester
• Estimate:
  A$1,500 - 2,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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