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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Aboriginal & Oceanic Artefacts | September
• Sale Date:
  07 Sep 2020 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  9117
• Lot Description:
  An Early Prow Figure (Nguzunguzu), Likely Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands, Formerly from the Ernst Ohly Collection, United Kingdom
  carved wood, pearl shell and natural earth pigments.
  H: 25.5 cm
• Provenance:
  Berkeley Galleries, London; Ernest Ohly, United Kingdom; By descent; Private Collection, United Kingdom; Furniture, Works of Art & Tribal Art, Woolley & Wallis Salisbury Salerooms, London, 3 July 2012, lot 553, illustrated; Private Collection, New South Wales; Sotheby's, Melbourne, Important Aboriginal and Oceanic Art AU0777, 28 May 2013, lot 111
• References:
  cf. Pitt Rivers Museum; Canoe-prow figure, New Georgia, Solomon Islands 1939.12.49
• Notes:
  The Berkeley Gallery on Davies Street off Berkeley Square, was a mecca for collectors during the three decades following its foundation in 1941. Oriental, Oceanic, African, Pre-Columbian, classical Antiquities and Contemporary art could be found. The owner, William Ohly, also found the time and energy to run a commune for artists in New Barnet to the north of London, which he called the Abbey Art Centre. Ernest was the elder brother of William Ohly.
• Estimate:
  A$20,000 - 30,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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