FIG. 38 (above left): Page from the 1931
Breton/Éluard catalog showing fi gure 36.
Image courtesy of the author.
FIG. 39 (above): Page from the 1931 Breton/
Éluard catalog showing fi gures 37 and 40.
Image courtesy of the author.
FIG. 40 (left): Mask, kovave.
Elema; Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea. Before
1931.
Cane, tapa, vegetal fi ber, natural pigments.
André Breton or Paul Éluard, Paris; Étude Bellier, Hôtel Drouot,
Paris, 2–3 July 1931, lot 58; Etienne Loppé, La Rochelle.
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de La Rochelle,
inv. 2481.
Photo © Lézard Graphique.
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FIG. 36 (left): Grade society fi gure.
Malekula Island, Vanuatu. Before 1931.
Vegetal fi ber, pigment. H: 85.5 cm.
André Breton or Paul Éluard, Paris; Étude Bellier, Hôtel
Drouot, Paris, 2–3 July 1931, lot 131; Henry Wellcome,
London; the Wellcome Trust, London.
Fowler Museum at UCLA, gift of the Wellcome Trust,
inv. X65.7789. Photo: Don Cole.
FIG. 37 (above): Mask, rom.
Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. Before 1931.
Palm fi ber, pith, wood, pigments. H: 54.5 cm.
André Breton or Paul Éluard, Paris; Étude Bellier, Hôtel
Drouot, Paris, 2–3 July 1931, lot 134; Henry Wellcome,
London; the Wellcome Trust, London.
Fowler Museum at UCLA, gift of the Wellcome Trust,
inv. X65.7791. Photo: Don Cole.
PARIS 1931