Kali Sabala, or chiefly headrest from Tonga/Fiji

Provenance: Ex coll. : Leo Flieschmann, Sydney, inv. N° LF/I19 ; Inv. N° Roy 399 ; Galerie Meyer, Paris ; F. Pujol, Barcelona.

Leo Fleischmann Collection (c.1930 – 1993)  Sydney Australia. Leo ran the famous Galleries Primitif in Sydney from 1967 – 1993 )  He was a true expert on Oceanic Art and had a huge reference library to use for research.  His collection was legendary and after his death, his old friend and boss Senta Taft Hendry

Literature: Pub. : N° 59 OCEANIC HEADRESTS / APPUIE-NUQUE OCEANIENS. Gal. Meyer, Paris, 2004.