FIGURE FOR MALAGAN
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May 13, 03:32 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
FIGURE FOR MALAGAN
Tabar Island, New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago
Wood, pigments, Turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula
Height: 46 ½ in (118 cm)
Carl Haug, collected in situ in the village of Tatawe in 1907
Linden-Museum, Stuttgart (inv. no. 62875), acquired from the above in 1909
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, acquired from the above by exchange in 1967
Harry A. Franklin, Beverly Hills, acquired from the above before 1970
PUBLISHED
John Lunsford, Arts of Oceania, Dallas, 1970, n.p., cat. no. 91 (listed)
George R. Ellis, Oceanic Art: A Celebration of Form, San Diego, 2009, p. 45, cat. no. 24
Dallas Museum of Replica Handbags s, Arts of Oceania, October 10 - November 29, 1970
San Diego Museum of Art, Oceanic Art: A Celebration of Form, January 31, 2009 - January 3, 2010