War Charm

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War Charm

Admiralty Islands, circa 1880
Jewelry and Adornments; worn ornaments
Wood, feathers, fiber, glass beads, dog teeth, and pigment
20 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 5 in. (52.07 x 15.88 x 12.7 cm)
Gift of Sotheby's, New York (M.2009.132)
Art of the Pacific
Not currently on public view

Provenance

Collected by Captain Karl Nauer (1874–1962), in 1885. Übersee Museum, Bremen. Cornelis Pieter Meulendijk (1912–1979), Rotterdam (sale, London, Christie’s, 23 October 1980, lot 269)....
Collected by Captain Karl Nauer (1874–1962), in 1885. Übersee Museum, Bremen. Cornelis Pieter Meulendijk (1912–1979), Rotterdam (sale, London, Christie’s, 23 October 1980, lot 269). Carlo Monzino (1931–1996), Lugano, Switzerland. Anonymous (sale, New York, Sotheby’s, 10 November 1987, lot 86). Masco Corporation Collection, Livonia, MI; Sotheby’s, New York, gift 2009 to; LACMA.
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Bibliography

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