$5,500
Very rare Janus Form War Club / Staff, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. Carved and engraved hardwood. With Janus head, the faces each with features carved in relief, oval projection above, conical butt, the rarer tiger grain with glossy patina. Approx L82cm. PROVENANCE John Magers Collection, Sydney. cf. Lot 75, Sotheby’s, London - 10 July 1973 Primitive Art from the Edward G. Robinson Collection, Cf. Bonnemaison, J. et al., Arts of Vanuatu, Bathurst, 1996, p.194, fig.223.
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