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A FINE AND OLD MASSIM CANOE SPLASH BOARD (lagim),

Currency:AUD Category:Antiques Start Price:175.00 AUD Estimated At:350.00 - 550.00 AUD
A FINE AND OLD MASSIM CANOE SPLASH BOARD (lagim),
A FINE AND OLD MASSIM CANOE SPLASH BOARD (lagim), of wood in classic asymmetrical openwork form, decorated in polychrome, figurative motif at apex, Trobriand Islands, 55cm Provenance: Ex-collection J.P. Hallinan Note: According to the vendor this artefact was acquired at Dobu Island, originally produced at Bwaioa Village on Fergusson Island and was then used for kula to Duau on Normanby Island and to South Kiriwina during 1952, 1953 and 1954