Lot 144: KEN THAIDAY SENIOR BORN CIRCA 1950 BEIZAM (HAMMERHEAD SHARK) HEADDRESS 1999

Plywood, enamel paint, metal, wire, plastic, bamboo, fishing line, glass eyes and feather
Cf. For a similarly articulated headdress see Mosby, T. et al, Ilan Pasin (This is our way): Torres Strait Art, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, 1998, illus. p.85, and Caruana, W., Aboriginal Art, Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2003, illus. p.191, pl.168 for a similar work by the artist in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

79 by 92 by 95 cm