Choiseul Island Canoe Model
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Choiseul Island, Solomon Islands
Wood, mother of pearl, and cowries
127 cm
Provenance:
Collected by reverend Vincent Le Cornu Binet (member of the New Zealand Methodologist church)
Jean-Paul Morin Collection, Paris
Pierre Bergé & Associés, 4 November 2011, lot 210
Property from a Princely collection
Beautifully decorated scale model of a war canoe. On the bow, we find two heads, one facing forward, the other facing backward, as to keep an eye on potential danger awaiting ahead, or threatening from the back.
Wood, mother of pearl, and cowries
127 cm
Provenance:
Collected by reverend Vincent Le Cornu Binet (member of the New Zealand Methodologist church)
Jean-Paul Morin Collection, Paris
Pierre Bergé & Associés, 4 November 2011, lot 210
Property from a Princely collection
Beautifully decorated scale model of a war canoe. On the bow, we find two heads, one facing forward, the other facing backward, as to keep an eye on potential danger awaiting ahead, or threatening from the back.
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Choiseul Island Canoe Model
Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
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