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Lot 90 Dα

SULKA HAND CLUB

Auction 1119 - overview Brussels
24.10.2018, 14:00 - A Sculptor´s Eye
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 44.640 € (incl. premium)

SULKA HAND CLUB
New Britain

56.5 cm. long

Cf. Parkinson, R., "Thirty Years in the South Seas", Honolulu, 1999 (translation of the 1907 original), p.103, fig.33, 3 and 4; and Conru, K, (Ed.), "Bismarck Archipelago Art", Milan, 2013, p.223, for another club, of the same type, also collected by Bruno Mencke.

Provenance

Bruno Mencke (1876-1901)
Linden Museum, Stuttgart, inventory number 14260
The club was acquired by the Linden Museum in 1901 and was de-accessioned in 1959.