length 6 3/4in (17.2cm) Provenance Jean Jacques Laurent Collection, Tahiti Galerie Meyer - Oceanic Art, Paris Jolika Collection, Marcia and John Friede Collection, Rye, New York Acquired by the present owner from the above Published Meyer, Anthony P., Oceanic Headrests - Sleep with the Ancestors, Galerie Meyer - Oceanic Art, 2005, p. 21 Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, New Guinea Art - Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, in association with 5 Continents, Milan, 2005, fig. 216 The top surface supported by two heads that read the right-way-up when viewed upside-down, a visual double entendre, the lower portion incorporating a bowl; fine reddish brown, semi-glossy patina.
length 6 3/4in (17.2cm) Provenance Jean Jacques Laurent Collection, Tahiti Galerie Meyer - Oceanic Art, Paris Jolika Collection, Marcia and John Friede Collection, Rye, New York Acquired by the present owner from the above Published Meyer, Anthony P., Oceanic Headrests - Sleep with the Ancestors, Galerie Meyer - Oceanic Art, 2005, p. 21 Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, New Guinea Art - Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, in association with 5 Continents, Milan, 2005, fig. 216 The top surface supported by two heads that read the right-way-up when viewed upside-down, a visual double entendre, the lower portion incorporating a bowl; fine reddish brown, semi-glossy patina.
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