Name: Auction: PAIR OF YAP ISLANDS FIGURES MICRONESIA
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 900 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

We are pleased to present our first Form Through Time auction of 2025, featuring the finest of unique antiquities and African &amp; Oceanic art.&nbsp;Highlights include a Rare and Fine Australian Aboriginal Parrying Shield from the Lower Murray River region originating from a private Scottish collection, an Ancient Greek Cycladic Figure dating to 2500 B.C. and a fine collection of pre-Columbian textiles.&nbsp;Buyer's Guide:&nbsp;

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Alexander Tweedy | Specialist, African Art & Antiquities | Lyon & Turnbull Auctioneers

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carved wood, shell and natural pigments, each figure shown crouching above an integral plinth, with painted detailing throughout, the male figure with hands held to the knees, shell inlaid eyes, finely worked facial hair, earspools and hair tied behind in a bun, the female with hands held to the breasts, wearing a checked hair band, similarly with earspools and eyes inlaid with shell (2)

PAIR OF YAP ISLANDS FIGURES

MICRONESIA

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