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Works from the Donald Friend Collection - 27 October 2013  |  Sydney

Lot 91
Rice Sheaf Paddle (Panalptapan) And Rice Scoop
BALI

wood, the paddle carved in the form of a smiling human face painted black with traces of red highlights, the scoop with a handle in the form of a woman, and a kala face motif at base of handle

35.0 cm and 32.5 cm length



Estimate:
$500 - 800 (2)


Lot sold: $2,040 (inc. BP)


Lot Details

Description

Rice Sheaf Paddle (Panalptapan) And Rice Scoop BALI

wood, the paddle carved in the form of a smiling human face painted black with traces of red highlights, the scoop with a handle in the form of a woman, and a kala face motif at base of handle

35.0 cm and 32.5 cm length

Exhibited

Donald Friend's Bali, an exhibition arranged in conjunction with the Donald Friend Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 9 February – 25 March 1990

Literature

Donald Friend's Bali, Art Gallery of New South Wales and The Beagle Press,Sydney, 1990, cat. 47, p. 53 (illus.)