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Collections

War Charmcirca 1880

Not on view
Carved wooden figural fly whisk or ritual object with a human head finial, red netted beadwork collar, and a long shaft of dark bundled palm fiber fringe
Title
War Charm
Place Made
Admiralty Islands
Date Made
circa 1880
Medium
Wood, feathers, fiber, glass beads, dog teeth, and pigment
Dimensions
20 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 5 in. (52.07 x 15.88 x 12.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Sotheby's, New York
Accession Number
M.2009.132
Classification
Jewelry and Adornments
Collecting Area
Art of the Pacific
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). 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.
Selected Bibliography
  • Wardwell, Allen. Island Ancestors: Oceanic Art from the Masco Collection. [Seattle]: University of Washington Press, 1994.