Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Property from an American Private Collection
Whale Tooth Necklace, Fiji
Lot Closed
May 18, 06:10 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an American Private Collection
Whale Tooth Necklace, Fiji
Longest tooth: 2 in (5.2 cm); shortest tooth: 1 5/8 in (4 cm)
Max Weatherhead, "The Cornucopia Museum", Tynong North, Victoria
Wayne Heathcote, London
Sotheby's, New York, November 2, 1996, lot 34, consigned by the above
American Private Collection, acquired at the above auction
Wayne Heathcote, London
Sotheby's, New York, November 2, 1996, lot 34, consigned by the above
American Private Collection, acquired at the above auction
A very similar necklace of this distinctive type, once in the collection of W. O. Oldman, the great English dealer and collector, is now in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington (inv. no. OL00598/2; illustrated in W. O. Oldman, The Oldman Collection of Polynesian Artifacts, Auckland, 2004, pl. 63, cat. no. 598d).