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Oceanic Solomon IslandsHouse PostWood, pigment,

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:4,000.00 USD Estimated At:8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD
Oceanic Solomon IslandsHouse PostWood, pigment,
<B>Oceanic Solomon Islands</B></I><BR>House Post<BR>Wood, pigment, shell<BR>Height: 109 ¾ inches Width: 9 5/8 inches Depth: 9 inches <BR><BR>On several islands in the Solomons "posts carved in the form of anthropomorphic figures supported the roofs of canoe houses and feast houses … Figures depicted on the posts represented various mythological beings or persons involved in specific historical events" (Deborah Waite. <I>Art of the Solomon Islands from the Collection of the Barbier-Müller Museum.</B></I> Geneva: Musée Barbier-Müller, 1983, p.129). A number of known house posts show women with a child, even though Waite says it is relatively infrequent (<I>loc. cit.</B></I>). This example is unusual in preserving extensive original paint, which probably represents body painting (see photograph, <I>op. cit</B></I>., p.42). The wood has various crack systems and there is some insect damage and light abrasion of paint surfaces.<BR><BR>Provenance:<BR>Kevin Conru, Brussels<BR>Gary Hendershott, Little Rock<BR><BR><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Large Collectibles (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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