Rare Tobi Island Female Figure - SOLD
Caroline Islands
Micronesia
Circa 1890 - 1910
Height 7 3/4"
Provenance: Australian Private Collection
A magnificent squatting figure with ears delineated and large, almond-shaped eyes inlaid with shells intensifying the figure’s glance and expression with full, rounded cheeks and puckered mouth adding to its dynamism; the broad squared shoulders with arms bent at the elbow and resting on the upraised knees with figures delineated; the torso is profound and upraised knees with fingers delineated; the torso appears to lean back slightly in a majestic manner.
Most likely used as an element of Tobian canoe materials perhaps to ensure successful passage to the underworld.
Caroline Islands
Micronesia
Circa 1890 - 1910
Height 7 3/4"
Provenance: Australian Private Collection
A magnificent squatting figure with ears delineated and large, almond-shaped eyes inlaid with shells intensifying the figure’s glance and expression with full, rounded cheeks and puckered mouth adding to its dynamism; the broad squared shoulders with arms bent at the elbow and resting on the upraised knees with figures delineated; the torso is profound and upraised knees with fingers delineated; the torso appears to lean back slightly in a majestic manner.
Most likely used as an element of Tobian canoe materials perhaps to ensure successful passage to the underworld.
Caroline Islands
Micronesia
Circa 1890 - 1910
Height 7 3/4"
Provenance: Australian Private Collection
A magnificent squatting figure with ears delineated and large, almond-shaped eyes inlaid with shells intensifying the figure’s glance and expression with full, rounded cheeks and puckered mouth adding to its dynamism; the broad squared shoulders with arms bent at the elbow and resting on the upraised knees with figures delineated; the torso is profound and upraised knees with fingers delineated; the torso appears to lean back slightly in a majestic manner.
Most likely used as an element of Tobian canoe materials perhaps to ensure successful passage to the underworld.