PORTFOLIO FIG. 2 (above): William Oldman with his collection in his home at 43 Poynders Road, London, before 1949. Oldman holds a James II rapier, the fi rst object he acquired. A Maori gable mask leans against a Cameroon stool. Large Benin fi gures stand on the fl oor, and Maori relief carvings lean against the fi replace. The mantelpiece holds human skulls, and the wall above is covered with a variety of Maori hand clubs, Fiji whaletooth necklaces, an Admiralty Islands warrior’s neck ornament, and the Fiji breastplate seen in fi g. 7. FIG. 3 (right): An Oldman marketing photo showing fi gural sculpture largely from Kongo. Inscription reads: “Part of Belgian Congo collection of fetish fi gures (lower ones are very ancient).” 154 FIG. 4 (top right): William Oldman with his collection in his home at 43 Poynders Road, London, before 1949. Oldman is seated holding a large adze blade. In front of him, a Hawaiian drum, now in the collection of the Canterbury Museum, sits atop an Austral Islands stool and next to a large fi gure from the Northwest Coast. A Torres Strait drum rests in front of Tibetan bone aprons at left, and large Igbo shrine fi gures are visible to Oldman’s left and right. FIG. 5 (bottom right): Part of William Oldman’s collection in his home at 77 Brixton Hill, London, circa 1912. Clubs from various Pacifi c islands hang on the wall. Below them hang fi gures from Africa, New Guinea, and Indonesia.
T81E
To see the actual publication please follow the link above