Pacific Art from the Collection of Harry A. Franklin
Pacific Art from the Collection of Harry A. Franklin
CANOE PROW (NAHO)
Auction Closed
May 13, 03:32 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
CANOE PROW (NAHO)
Probably Atchin or Vao, northeast Malakula, Vanuatu
Wood
Height: 12 ¾ in (32.4 cm)
See Bonnemaison ed., Vanuatu, Océanie. Arts des îles de cendre et de corail, Paris, 1996, p. 39, fig. 51 for a closely related canoe prow, naho, collected on Atchin by Jean Guiart, and now in the collection of the musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, Paris (inv. no. 72.1966.16.3).