Ceremonial Buka paddle, noticeably depicting six male seated figures painted in black and red who wear the classic headdress worn for boys initiation, Buka being a small island near Papua New Guinea and near Bougainville, Solomon Islands, where the people are more culturally and artistically related to the Solomon Islanders, 5'7''l Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California