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MASSUE `AKATARA

Lot 16
22.06.2023 16:00UTC +01:00
Classic
Sold
€ 138 600
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 977538
Lot 16 | MASSUE 'AKATARA
Estimate value
€ 120 000 – 180 000
MASSUE 'AKATARA

ÎLE ATIU - ÎLE AITUTAKI, ÎLES COOK, POLYNÉSIE

Hauteur : 270.5 cm. (106 1/2 in.)





Provenance

Collection James Thomas Hooper (1897-1971), Arundel, inv. n° H.116 (inscrit au revers, à l’encre blanche)

Christie's, Londres, Melanesian & Polynesian Art from the James Hooper Collection, 19 juin 1979, lot 171

Peter Adler, Londres

Collection Horstmann, Zoug, acquis en 1991



Literature

Phelps, S., Art and Artefacts of the Pacific, Africa and the Americas. The James Hooper Collection, Londres, 1976, p. 141, pl. 77, n° 611

Meyer, A., Oceanic Art / Ozeanische Kunst / Art Océanien, Cologne, 2000, pp. 526-527



Post lot text

'AKATARA POLE CLUB, ATIU ISLAND - AITUTAKI ISLAND, COOK ISLANDS, POLYNESIA
Medium:Wood
Place of origin:Cook Islands
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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