Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2506Location: BostonDate / Time: May 15, 2010 10:00AM
Description:
Polynesian Carved Wood Stilt Step, Marquesas Islands, 19th century, the unusual stylized tiki with upraised arms supporting the platform and with parallel geometric incising on figure and platform (wood loss, cracks),ht. 14 1/2 in.
Provenance: Christies, Paris
Estimate $4,000-6,000
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