Kokoitau ancestor figure

Bartle Bay, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
Wood and mother-of-pearl
H. 23.5 cm

Provenance:
Acquired in situ before 1920; English private collection; Galerie Voyageurs & Curieux, Paris; Collection Michel Lequesne, Paris, acquired in 2006; Sotheby’s, La Collection Michel Lequesne, June 5, 2023, Paris, lot. 13

Publication:
Galerie Voyageurs & Curieux, Tribal Art, Summer 2006, p. 28; Martinez-Jacquet, E., “De la peinture à l’Afrique, conversation avec Michel et Natacha Lequesne”, Tribal Art, n° 70, Winter 2013, p. 123

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Kokoitau ancestor figure

Bartle Bay, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
Wood and mother-of-pearl
H. 23.5 cm

Provenance:
Acquired in situ before 1920; English private collection; Galerie Voyageurs & Curieux, Paris; Collection Michel Lequesne, Paris, acquired in 2006; Sotheby’s, La Collection Michel Lequesne, June 5, 2023, Paris, lot. 13

Publication:
Galerie Voyageurs & Curieux, Tribal Art, Summer 2006, p. 28; Martinez-Jacquet, E., “De la peinture à l’Afrique, conversation avec Michel et Natacha Lequesne”, Tribal Art, n° 70, Winter 2013, p. 123

If you would like more information please contact the gallery:

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