Two Solomon Islands dance staffs

Two Solomon Islands dance staffs

Melanesia

both inlaid shell, one possibly San Cristobal with a twin fish panelled end and ray shaped blade, part ebonsied and with resin, 45cm long, and the other with a leaf shaped blade and a shaft with four crocodiles and with an open finial, 61.7cm long. (2)

Provenance

San Cristobal - Sotheby's, London, Pre-Columbian, America Indian, Oceanic and African Art, 14th May 1979, lot 60.