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Lizard Man Figure, Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

Auction Closed

May 24, 03:58 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 90,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Lizard Man Figure, Easter Island (Rapa Nui)


Length: 13 3/4 in (34.9 cm)

The foot inscribed in white ink: “H.377”

James T. Hooper, Arundel
Christie’s, London, Melanesian and Polynesian Art from the James Hooper Collection, June 19, 1979, lot 192
Lance and Roberta Entwistle, London, acquired at the above auction
Private Collection, acquired from the above
Christie’s, Paris, June 19, 2014, lot 131, consigned by the above
Acquired after the above auction
Steven Phelps, Art and Artefacts of the Pacific, Africa and the Americas: The James Hooper Collection, London, 1976, p. 88, pl. 44, cat. no. 377 (illustrated), p. 419, cat. no. 377 (listed)
Charles W. Mack, Polynesian Art at Auction, 1965-1980, Northboro, 1982, p. 79, pl. 25, no. 2