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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic Art - Part III
• Sale Date:
  22 Sep 2019 ~ 4pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  219
• Lot Description:
  A Fish Form Coffin, Airi, Santa Catalina Island Area, off Makira Island, South East Solomon Islands
  finely carved fish effigy, similar to a bonito or tuna, a small internal box cavity is closed with rope, used to house the skull of an important ancestor, conus shell discs inlay to the sides of the fish & eyes.
  L 167 cm
• Provenance:
  Bruce Saunders, Queensland
• Notes:
  The Fish Casket would be placed in the sacred Canoe House, where these types of caskets were kept with offering bowls & other important ceremonial items. See similar: British Museum Collection: Ref. No. Oc1904,0621.13
• Estimate:
  A$4,000 - 6,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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