Worlds within Worlds | Works from the Collection of Peter Petrou

Worlds within Worlds | Works from the Collection of Peter Petrou

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 129. Samoa Islands | Club, Talavalu.

Lot Closed

September 21, 04:09 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Samoa Islands

Club, Talavalu


hardwood

121cm. high; 47½in.

‘Please note that where the buyer is from within the UK the lot is sold with no VAT symbol. Where the buyer resides outside the UK the lot is invoiced as if it bore the “†” symbol.’

Robert Hales Collection, Guernsey

The carving on the present lot is stylistically linked with that seen on objects from Tonga. This suggests a shared artistic tradition between these two island communities.