Description (Labels & Markings)
An inscription on the object reads: '655 / Yasbel / Solomon Isl' in white paint.
Event Date 2/6/1912
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Other owners)
This object was previously in the collection of Harry Geoffrey Beasley, no.655. It is recorded in Beasley's original acquisition register (vol.1) as: 'SOLOMON GROUP: Wooden Canoe ornament made of a board engraved with a human figure + decorated along the top by a row of white shells. From the Cohn Collection, Sold at Stevens Lot 25 2.6.12 (where it was described as a grave ornament). Bt W. Oldman'. It was purchased for 1/15/- [Lucie Carreau, 11/07/2017].
Event Date 2/6/1912
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Auction / Sale)
Sold at Stevens Auction Rooms on 2 June 1912, Lot 25.
Event Date 2/6/1912
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
'45.82' inscribed in black ink on the object. 'SOL' inscribed in white chalk on the object.
Event Date 1945
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] 'Ceremonial object. Decorated with shells'.
Event Date 25/8/2015
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Arrow-shaped piece of flat wood decorated with an anthropomorphic figure in-filled with lime on one side. Four large white cowrie shells are attached to the top with rattan.
Event Date 25/8/2015
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
The figure depicted on the front of the object resembles figures from the Banks Islands (Vanuatu). No such figures are known in the Solomon Islands.
Event Date 25/8/2015
Author: Lucie Carreau