Lot 122: A fine Buka or Bougainville Island Bow and 5 arrows

A fine Buka or Bougainville Island Bow and 5 arrows, Buka or Bougainville Islands; Northern Solomon Islands

The bow completely decorated in red and yellow plaited orchid stem in basketry patterning, the arrows of different shapes but each with a panel of plaited orchid stem as well, A fine and unusual set to find. L. 57" (BOW)

Comments:
Property of a New York Private Collector

Provenance:
Collected by Dr. Gerald Bloom as part of the Harvard epidemiological expeditions of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, in the 1950's.

Price Realized: $100

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