Tapa mask, Nissan Island

ca. 1900

Collected by Captain Nauer and sold to Leipzig Museum in 1913.

Inv. No. ME 10875

Published :

Carlier, Regard sur les îles Salomon, 2002, no.89

Herreman, Oceania, Brussels, 2008

Exhibited :

Oceania, ING Cultural Center, Place Royale, Brussels, 22 Oct 2008-15 Feb.2009

23 in - 58 cm

Seated figure, Roviana Lagoon

19th century

Sold, Christie's London, 24 June 1996, 1944

Ex-collection Wayne Heathcote, London

Ex-collection Daniella Cavaliere, Milan

Acquired 2006, from Roberto Gamba, Milan

14 in - 36 cm

Female figure, Roviana Lagoon

19th century

Old label on base, inscribed : 'S352'

Acquired 2000 from Margaret Soriero, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Published :Herreman, Oceania, Brussels, 2008

Exhibited : Oceania, ING Cultural Center, Place Royale, Brussels,

22 Oct 2008-15 Feb.2009

17 in - 43 cm

Dog bowl, Eastern Solomon Islands

19th century

Ex-collection Henry Kuper, Santa Ana Island

Photographed by Hugo Bernatzik, Christmas Eve 1933, Kuper house interior

Given to Hugo Bernatzik, 1933

Acquired 2000 from Doris Byer, Vienna

18 in - 46 cm

Canoe paddles, Buka or Bougainville Island

19th century

From left to right :

a. Ex-collection Alain Bovis, Paris. Acquired in 2004. 68 in - 173 cm

b. Acquired 2007 from Michael Auliso, San Francisco70 in - 178 cm

c. 67 in - 170 cm