Lot #29 - Four Ancient Shell Adzes
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Auction House:Theodore Bruce
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Sale Name:The Todd Barlin Collection
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Sale Date:17 Aug 2015 ~ 6pm
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Lot #:29
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Lot Description:Four Ancient Shell Adzes
two from Wallace Island, Ex. Nicolai Mitchoutchkine Collection (1929-2010); Mitchoutchkine had a large Oceanic Art Collection that toured Europe, the USA and Japan In the 1980's, he made two publications; Ethnography & Art of Oceania " The Russian Academy of Sciences , Moscow 1989. These were used in pre- European Contact times on sand islands that had no source of stones."
6.5cm, 7.5cm, 12cm, 13cm (4) -
Estimate:A$300 - 500
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Realised Price:
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Category:Tribal
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