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Lot 283

Popoi Pounder with Janus Handle, Marquesas Islands

11 November 2019, 15:00 EST
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Popoi Pounder with Janus Handle, Marquesas Islands

ke'a tuki popoi
height 8 1/2in (21cm)

Provenance
Christie's, London, 4 December 1984, Lot 560
Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

The elegantly sloping sides leading to a rounded pounding surface; the janus heads with distinctive Marquesas features.

Cf. Kjellgren, Eric and Carol Ivory, Adorning the World - Art of the Marquesas Islands, The Metropolitan Museum of New York, 2005, fig. 72.

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