*Toki handgun, Mangaïa, Cook Islands - Lot 141

Lot n° 141
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6000 - 8000 EUR
*Toki handgun, Mangaïa, Cook Islands - Lot 141
*Toki handgun, Mangaïa, Cook Islands Wood, vegetable fibers L. 77,5 cm Provenance : Ulrich Von Schroeder Collection, Zurich Collection Jean-Claude Strobino, Geneva Private collection, Switzerland Bibliography: Rossi Milène, "Un bernois nommé Wäber, peintre et dessinateur du troisième voyage du Capitaine Cook", Editions D, 2008, p. 81. Exhibitions : Bern, Galerie Duflon & Racz, "Un bernois nommé Wäber, peintre et dessinateur du troisième voyage du Capitaine Cook", 3 - 18 October 2008. Infinite splendor of the tool, the object of the weapon, transcended, transformed into a work of art. Rare adze recorded presenting such refinement through the finesse, the meticulousness, the infinite detail of the ornaments sublimating the rectangular handle. Regular succession of geometrical patterns, each one made up of two arrows and in its center, a schematized "flower", these patterns are engraved and incised in the handle. Subtle finesse of the braiding to which is added the quality of the stone. Lot in temporary importation and subjected to expenses of 5,5 % to the load of the purchaser in addition to the expenses of sale and the price of adjudication.
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