precontact 20 inch Solomon Islands Adaro figure with flying fish ears, milo wood - $500 - (New York, NY)

Precontact 20 inch Solomon Islands Adaro sea monster with flying fish ears and clawed feet. Arms posed in totemic gesture with faces on the stomach and hands. This has been carved in a rusticated style, like Japanese Shinto Art. Milo (Thespesia populnea) is endemic to Polynesia; heartwood is the color of rosewood and the outer diameter is yellow or orange. This contrast is used by the carver to accentuate the anthropomorphic character of a part rat, part human, part sea monster character. Guaranteed authentic and as described.

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