SMALL NAMBA, Toman Island, South Malekula, Vanuatu. Tree fern, natural pigments Rare pair of "Mweleun sumburan" rank sculptures made for a rank ceremony. Early 20th century. Height : 110 cm. Provenance : Note: Objects published in the Galerie Kanaga exhibition catalogue of December 2004 (Couples and Janus, forty-two plates), Plate 40. Work attached). Provenance : -Private collection, Orléans. Acquired from the Kanaga Gallery (Invoice attached from the Kanaga Gallery (Stéphane Mangin) dated 08/06/2006). -Mr West Collection (Port Vila) in the 1950s on the island of Toman (south Malekula), after a ceremony.