NGUZUNGUZU, SOLOMON ISLANDS

Important Aboriginal Works of Art
Melbourne
25 May 2016
109

A CANOE PROW FIGUREHEAD

NGUZUNGUZU, SOLOMON ISLANDS

natural pigments, clay and trade paint on carved wood with shell inlay

20.0 x 17.0 cm

in form of a zoomorphic head with an elongated snout and the eyes inset with nacre, crowned by hat-like headgear, the hands resting underneath the chin
bears inscription on base: Nangatana, Nggela Is, ASIP 7/35

Estimate: 
$10,000 – 15,000
Provenance

Taylor Dale, Santa Fé
Arcade Arts Gallery, London
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 24 November 2007, lot 33
Private collection, New South Wales