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A BANKS ISLAND WOOD STAFF
With an archaic-faced human head terminal, finely carved and with incised features and high crest-form headgear, pre-contact.
Length 110cm
Unsold
Lot 1022
With an archaic-faced human head terminal, finely carved and with incised features and high crest-form headgear, pre-contact.
Length 110cm
Estimate $4,000 - $6,000
Collection of Robert Bleakley
A staff of very similar form in the Musee Quai Branly (though with an abstract geometric rather than human head) is attributed to the island of Ureparapara.
Select Works from The Robert Bleakley Collection
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8800
6:00pm - 16 September 2025
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra
VIEWING
Fri 12 - Sun 14 September, 10am - 4pm
The Bond, 36-40 Queen St, Woollahra, NSW
CONTACT
Madeleine Mackenzie
sydney@leonardjoel.com.au
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