Lot 335 D α

NEW BRITAIN HEAD RING

Auction 1103 - overview Brussels
31.01.2018, 14:00 - Art of Africa, the Pacific and the Americas
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
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NEW BRITAIN HEAD RING

26 cm. long

Cf. Parkinson, R., "Thirty Years in the South Seas, Honolulu", 1999 (reprint and translation of the 1907 publication), p.97, fig.26, no.17, for similar head rings from the Willaumez Peninsula and the adjacent coast to the north of New Britain.

Provenance

Herbert Tischner (1906-1984), Oceanic curator at the Museum für Völkerkunde, Hamburg
Galerie Démons et Merveilles, Paris
Property from a Belgian private collection