Tongan peoples, Ha’apai Islands, Tongan Islands, Polynesia
Sperm Whale Ivory (Physeter microcephalus)
Early 19th Century
Height: 12.8 cm
Provenance:
Private Collection, United Kingdom
Sotheby's London July 3, 1978, lot 301
Entwistle, London (acquired at the above auction)
Jean-Claude Bellier, Paris
Entwistle, London
Private Collection, USA (acquired from the above in 1993)
Selected Publication History:
Charles Mack, Polynesian Art at Auction 1965–1980, Northboro, MA, 1982, pp. 248 and 249, pl. 110 (Pre-restoration view)
Sotheby's London, Catalogue of Antiquities, Primitive Art, Islamic, Indian, Tibetan, Nepalese, and South-East Asian Art, July 3rd/4th, 1978, lot 301, pl. L