Lot #51 - A Bamboo Lime Container, Solomon Islands
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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 #:51
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Lot Description:A Bamboo Lime Container, Solomon Islands
late 19th Century; carved from two perfect fitting pieces of bamboo, finely incised with bands of designs and traces of black infill, together with a part of a another similar container (top only).
19cm, 7.5cm (2) -
Provenance: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.
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Estimate:A$300 - 400
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Realised Price:
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Category:Tribal
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