Flywhisk Handle (tahiri ra'a)

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Flywhisk Handle (tahiri ra'a)

Austral Islands, French Polynesia, circa 1890
Tools and Equipment; handles
Wood
16 x 2 x 2 in. (40.64 x 5.08 x 5.08 cm)
Gift of the Masco Corporation Foundation (M.2009.126.2)
Not currently on public view

Provenance

Wayne Heathcote (b. 1943), New York, NY, sold to; Masco Corporation Collection, Livonia, MI; Masco Corporation Foundation, Taylor, MI, gift 2009 to; LACMA.

Bibliography

  • Wardwell, Allen. Island Ancestors: Oceanic Art from the Masco Collection. [Seattle]: University of Washington Press, 1994.