Solomon Island Nguzu-Nguzu Canoe Prow-Martin Wright Collection Oceanic Art
Solomon Island Canoe Prow Ornament, Nguzu-Nguzu, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, John J. Klejman, New York, Faith-Dorian and Martin Wright Collection, New York, acquired from above on 29 May 1968, ate 19th century, 8 ½” (21.5 cm) in height. Exhibited in The Art of the Pacific Islands, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, 1979. Published in The Art of the Pacific Islands, Peter Gathercole, Adrienne L. Kaeppler, and Douglas Newton, Washington DC, 1979, p. 233, no. 15.18. Published in "OCEANIC ART: PROVENANCE AND HISTORY" edited by Michael Hamson, pages 70/71, item 12.