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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Marc & Elena Pinto Collection
• Sale Date:
  20 May 2015 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  108
• Lot Description:
  An Inlaid Parrying Shield (roromaraugi)
  San Cristobal, Solomon Islands, Micronesia (circa 1900)
  carved wood and shell inlay
  139 cm high
• Provenance:
  Fine Early Aboriginal & Oceanic Art, Mossgreen, Sydney, 18 August 2008, lot 295, illustrated; The Marc and Elena Pinto Collection, Perth
• Notes:
  The flaring sickle-shaped top is decorated with intricate shell inlay on either side. The plain cylindrical shaft handle which tapers to a point, supports a terminated finial. This staff originally functioned as a parrying shield against spear attack. Smaller versions of these staffs were made as men's dance sticks intended to be held horizontally.
• Estimate:
  A$2,500 - 3,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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