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Lot 329 D‡α

SOLOMON ISLANDS BELT

Auktion 1103 - Übersicht Brussels
31.01.2018, 14:00 - Art of Africa, the Pacific and the Americas
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SOLOMON ISLANDS BELT
Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands

77 cm. long

Cf. Waite, D. and Conru, K., "Solomon Islands Art: The Conru Collection", Milan, 2008, pp.184/5.

Provenienz

Captain Arthur Middenway (1878-1940), collected between 1920 and 1934
Fiji Museum, Suva
Anne Vanderstraete, Lasne
Property from a Belgian private collection

Arthur Middenway worked for many years for the CSR Company which he left to take up a government position in Fiji. After serving in WWII he was appointed secretary to the British Solomon Islands Protectorate Government and later District Administrative Officer. He served on several stations in the Solomons and retired in 1935.