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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 #:
  225
• Lot Description:
  A Figure of a Toddler, Star Harbour Area, Makira Island, South East Solomon Islands, late 19th Century
  carved in the form of a chubby baby boy, fully tattooed face & wearing chiefly ornaments, realistic blonde coconut fibre hair, many Solomon Islands children had blonde hair either through genetics or sun bleaching.
  H 52 cm
• Provenance:
  Chris & Anna Thorpe, Sydney
• Notes:
  close inspection reveals the true age of this figure, with lettering to base: C14. Todd Barlin. See Vavilaku: Pacific Arts from the Solomon Islands Catalogue, NGA 2007 pp 50 for similar
• Estimate:
  A$4,000 - 6,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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