Carved Head from Vanuatu with Mixed Materials

A Carved Head, Aitchen, North East Malekula, Vanuatu, (early…
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A Carved Head, Aitchen, North East Malekula, Vanuatu, (early twentieth century), carved wood, boar's tusk, pandanus, spider's web and beaded seeds, 47 cm high. Provenance: Collected in the field by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s. Exhibited: Oceanic and Indonesian Art, Oceanic Art Society, Nomadic Rug Traders, Sydney, 1998, cat. no. 77. Literature: Oceanic and Indonesian Art, Oceanic Art Society, Craftsman House, Sydney, pg. 77

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