拍品 78
  • 78

PEIGNE, ARCHIPEL DES SALOMON |

估價
2,000 - 3,000 EUR
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描述

  • haut. 41 cm ; 16 1/4 in
Peigne, Archipel des Salomon

來源

Senta Taft-Hendry, Sydney
Collection Aaron Volgelnest, Sydney
Collection Elizabeth Pryce, Sydney

展覽

Sydney, University Macleay Museum, Adorned: Traditional Jewellery & Body decorations from Australia and the Pacific, 23 mars 1999 - 30 janvier 2001

出版

Boylan et Edmundson, Adorned: Traditional Jewellery & Body decorations from Australia and the Pacific, 1999, p. 70, n° 57

Condition

Good condition overall. Wear to the patina, and abrasions and minor chips throughout consistent with age and use within the culture. Multiple age cracks in line with grain of wood in central part of the comb and cracking to the patina on reverse. Wear to the white pigment on the bird, black pigment in good condition except for a few losses in places. Small label bearing Elizabeth Pryce collection inv. no. EP-177 and round label with the number 19 on reverse of comb.
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