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Fine Tribal, Aboriginal Art & International Antiquities — Guy Earl-Smith & Antiquity

Auction House:Guy Earl-Smith & AntiquityNumber of lots recorded:337
Sale Title:Fine Tribal, Aboriginal Art & International AntiquitiesLots with images:336
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:184
Date:13-Dec-2009
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A Silver Sissanian Coin Of King Peroz, c.457-483 AD, issued in Persia from the Auhrmazd Shar Mint, Ar Drachm, 28 mm
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A Hellenistic silver coin of Alexander, the great of Macedon, c.4th-3rd century BC, posthumous issued in Asia minor, with ancient test cut, the reverse with Zeus seated holding an eagle in his right hand, ' Tetradrachm, weight 17.1 grams, 25 mm note: these posthumous issue coins show Alexander in the image of Heracles adorned with a lion skin headdress
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A Roman Bronze Coin Of The Emperor Caracalla, c.212-217 AD, minted during the sole reign of Caracalla, the obverse with the bust of Caracalla, the reverse with the eight side or octastyle temple, from the mint of Nicomedia, AE30, 30 mm
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A Roman Bronze Coin Of Philp The First, c.244-249 AD, the obverse with the bust of Philip I, the reverse with Annona standing with Modius at her feet, Ae Sestertrus, 30 mm
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A Roman Bronze Coin Of The Emperor Caracalla, c.212-217 AD, minted during the sole reign of Caracalla, the obverse with the bust of Caracalla, the reverse with the eight side or octastyle temple, from the mint of Nicomedia, AE30, 30 mm
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A Fine Parthian Ceramic Vessel, c.2nd-3rd Century AD, in the form of a two handled jug with iridescent light green glaze, intact, some minor losses, Persia, 15 x 9 cm
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A rare large Parthian ceramic vessel, c.2nd-3rd century AD, in the form of a two handled jug with iridescent light blue green glaze, intact, some minor losses and pitting, Persia, 24 x 17 cm
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A Collection Of Egyptian And Islamic Beads, c.600 BC-14th Century AD, temporarily strung, including faience, glass and stone, 56 cm Provenance; From an Australian collection
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A Collection Of Egyptian And Islamic Beads, c.600 BC-14th Century AD, temporarily strung, including faience, glass and stone, 60 cm
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A Collection Of Egyptian And Islamic Beads, c.600 BC-14th Century AD, temporarily strung, including faience, glass and stone, 60 cm
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A Collection Bactrian Beads, c.2nd-1st Mill BC, the stone, glass and shell beads temporarily strung, 60 cm
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A Collection Of Roman Beads, c.1st-4th Century AD, of black glass temporarily strung, Israel, 54 cm
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A collection of Roman beads, c.1st-4th century AD, of polychrome glass temporarily strung, Isr'l, 44 cm
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A collection of Roman beads, c.1st-4th century AD, of polychrome glass temporarily strung, Isr'l, 50 cm
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A Kotu silver alloy bracelet, hollow cast, with raised motifs to the exterior, Ethiopia, 12 x 3 cm
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A Kotu Silver Alloy Body Ornament, the threaded beads with heavy central pendant, Ethiopia, 60 x 6 cm
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An Oromo Body Ornament, the multi strand fibre threaded polychrome glass and metal beads, Ethiopia, 61 cm
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An Ethiopian Ritual Staff Terminal, c.19-20th Century, of iron decorated with linear stippled motifs, 15 x 11 cm
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An Ethiopian Processional Cross, of openwork wood decorated with incised motifs, 47 x 21 cm
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A Gugi Neckrest, of wood, decorated with metal and polychrome beads, with shell tassels, Ethiopia, 14 x 15 cm
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A Gugi stool, of wood with metal bracket attached to one side, Ethiopia, 18 x 18 cm
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A Sepik shield, of wood, the anterior decorated with polychrome pigments, the rear with raised cane and fibre bound wood grip, Papua New Guinea, 182 x 56 cm
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A Sepik shield, of wood, decorated with polychrome pigments and fibre tassels to anterior, rear with cane grip attached, Papua New Guinea, 196 x 39 cm
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A Sepik hook, of wood, decorated with polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 150 x 29 cm
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A Sepik ancestor board, of openwork wood, polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 150 x 35 cm
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A Papuan Gulf Ancestor Board (gope), of wood in ovoid form with projecting apex, the anterior decorated with figurative motifs in relief and polychrome pigments,Papua New Guinea, 128 x 30 cm
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An April River Spirit House Board, of wood with projecting apex, the anterior decorated with figurative motifs in relief and polychrome pigments,Papua New Guinea, 72 x 25 cm
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A huon Gulf ancestor board (gope), of wood, the anterior decorated with ancestor motifs in relief, polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 57 x 16 cm
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A Coastal Ramu River Ceremonial Mask, of wood, the anterior decorated with polychrome pigments, old encrustations, usewear evident,Papua New Guinea, 52 x 16 cm
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A Ramu River Ancestor Mask, of wood, decorated with cane bound feather tassels, earth encrusted,Papua New Guinea, 80 cm
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An Ethnographic Massim Sago scoop, of wood, the circular section shaft decorated with incised motifs above a narrow projecting terminal, old sennit binding attached, smooth glossy patina, Trobriand Islands, 59 x 5 cm acquired by the vendor's late husband whilst he was serving in the Royal Australian Airforce during World War II
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A Papuan Gulf ancestor board (gope), of wood, the anterior decorated with figurative motifs and polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 85 x 21 cm
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An Asmat platter, of wood, with ancestor terminal, Irian Jaya, 85 x 17 cm
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A Sepik ancestor mask, of wood with shell set eyes, Papua New Guinea, 75 x 27 cm
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Two Gogodala dance ornaments, of wood, cane and fibre tassels, Papua New Guinea, 19-49 cm (2)
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A Lower Sepik Drum Fragment, of openwork wood, from a Garamut terminal in the form of an ancestor with a bird figure to rear, weathered,Papua New Guinea, 23 x 14 cm
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A Sepik basket hook, of wood in openwork form, remnant polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 101 x 28 cm
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Three Sepik Sculptures, of wood, one in the form of a diminutive hook and two in the form of ancestors, one decorated with resin set shell feather tassels, woven fibre bone and tooth ornaments, remnant polychrome pigments,Papua New Guinea, 17- 38 cm (3)
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Two Bougainville spears, of wood one with cane bound barbs, Papua New Guinea, 206 cm Provenance: Ex-collection Dr. Harry Beran, donated to the Oceanic Art Society and now offered for sale in order to raise funds
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A Massim sculpture, of wood in the form of a female, white inlay, Trobriand Islands, 62 cm Provenance: from the Dr. David S. Johnson collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art
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An old Sepik ceremonial staff, of wood sculpted with ancestor motifs in relief, Papua New Guinea, 120 cm
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An Ethnographic Massim Lime Spatula, of wood in slender section, the apex with classic opposing ancestor motifs, remnant white pigment infill, usewear evident, smooth glossy patina, Trobriand Islands, 33 x 3 cm acquired by the vendor's late husband whilst he was serving in the Royal Australian Airforce during World War II
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A fine and early Massim walking stick, of wood in slender tapering circular section, decorated with classic figurative ancestor motifs, smooth glossy patina, Trobriand Islands, 91 x 5 cm acquired by the vendor's late husband whilst he was serving in the Royal Australian Airforce during World War II
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A fine and early Massim walking stick, of wood in slender tapering circular section, decorated with classic figurative ancestor motifs, smooth glossy patina, Trobriand Islands, 77 x 3 cm acquired by the vendor's late husband whilst he was serving in the Royal Australian Airforce during World War II
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Three Massim lime Spatulas, of wood in diminutive form, Trobriand Islands, 17- 20 cm (3)
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A collection of six Sepik fishing Arrows, the bamboo shafts below fibre and cane bound composite wooden barb points, Papua New Guinea, 117-147 cm (6) Provenance: Ex-collection Robert Worsley, Sydney
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A collection of five highland Arrows, in classic composite form, four with slender leaf shaped points above bamboo shafts, Papua New Guinea, 88-123 cm (5) Provenance: Ex-collection Robert Worsley, Sydney
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A New Hebrides Club, c.19th century, of wood, the tapering shaft with raised sections, bulbous apex and flaring terminal, smooth glossy patina, fragmented, Vanuatu, 94 cm
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A kava bowl, of wood in diminutive form, Fiji, 25 x 9 cm
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A kava bowl, of wood in diminutive form, Fiji, 25 x 9 cm
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A Maori canoe Bailer, of wood, New Zealand, 39 x 15 cm
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A Tongan Fly Whisk, of wood with coconut fibre tassels, 110 cm
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A Massim dance ornament, of openwork wood decorated with polychrome pigments, Trobriand Islands, 54 x 33 cm
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An Abelam ceremonial headdress, of wood, the ancestor visage in relief to anterior below an openwork apex of a bird of paradise motif, decorated with polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 94 x 28 cm Provenance: from the Dr. David S. Johnson collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art
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A Sepik ancestor hook, of wood, decorated with shell set eyes, polychrome pigments, weathered, Papua New Guinea, 58 x 17 cm
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A Sepik hook, of wood, the anterior sculpted in classic ancestor form, decorated with resin set shell eye, incised curvilinear motifs and applied polychrome pigments, the rear with projecting pierced lug at apex with old cane attachment, Papua New Guinea, 70 x 23 cm Provenance: Ex-collection Robert Worsley, Sydney
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Four Sepik artefacts, of wood, including two ancestor masks one with shell set eyes, a headrest, and an ancestor sculpture, Papua New Guinea, 12- 46 cm (4)
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A Middle Sepik Ancestor Sculpture, of wood in diminutive female form, remnant polychrome pigments and old resin repair,Papua New Guinea, 22 x 7 cm
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A Murik Lakes Ancestor Sculpture, of wood in diminutive form, old red pigment covering, earth encrustations,Papua New Guinea, 25 x 8 cm
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An Old Sepik Walking Stick, of wood sculpted with multiple ancestor heads in relief, remnant resin set glass beads, smooth glossy patina, usewear evident,Papua New Guinea, 98 cm
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An Ethnographic Eastern Highlands bowl, of wood, the robust vessel with projecting grip to base, old encrustations, usewear evident, Papua New Guinea, 62 x 47 cm
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A lower Sepik ancestor mask, of wood, sculpted in relief in the form of an ancestor visage, shell set eye decorated with incised motifs, polychrome pigments, 58 cm Provenance: from the Dr. David S. Johnson collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art
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A lower Sepik ancestor mask, of wood with woven cane frame decorated with incised geometric motifs, fibre tassels, remnant polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 41 cm Provenance: from the Dr. David S. Johnson collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art
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A Keram river story board, artist Emil Arane, of wood, sculpted in the form of a fish and depicting a mythical scene in relief, Papua New Guinea, 68 x 29 cm Provenance: from the Dr. David S. Johnson collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art
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A Keram river story board, of wood, with open work apex, depicting a mythological scene in relief, Papua New Guinea, 57 x 24 cm
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A Keram River Story Board, of wood depicting a mythological scene in relief,Papua New Guinea, 65 x 28 cm
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A Keram river story board, of wood, depicting a mythological scene in relief, Papua New Guinea, 76 x 62 cm
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A Sepik ancestor mask, of wood, decorated with ancestor motifs in relief, polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 47 x 34 cm
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Three Massim Artefacts, of wood in the form of two pigs and a shark, Trobriand Islands, 22-37 cm (3)
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Two Sepik Ancestors Sculptures, of wood,Papua New Guinea, 30-37 cm (2)
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Two Sepik Ancestors sculptures, of wood, Papua New Guinea, 30-36 cm (2)
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A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood in male form, shell inset eyes, polychrome pigments, feather and fibre tassels, Papua New Guinea, 75 cm
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A Sepik hook, of wood, decorated with inset shell, resin, fibre tassels, polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 21 x 80 cm
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A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood decorated with inset shell, polychrome pigments, feather and fibre tassels, Papua New Guinea, 19 x 67 cm
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A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood, inset shell, polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 56 x 8 cm
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A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood, inset shell eyes, Papua New Guinea, 42 x 15 cm
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A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood, polychrome pigment, inset shell eyes and fibre tassels, Papua New Guinea, 56 x 15 cm
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A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood, shell set eyes and fibre tassels, Papua New Guinea, 58 x 13 cm
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A Sepik Ancestor Sculptures, of wood, polychrome pigments, feather tassels,Papua New Guinea, 55 x 16 cm
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A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood, Papua New Guinea, 59 x 19 cm
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A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood, shell set eyes, feather and fibre tassels, Papua New Guinea, 87 x 21 cm
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A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood, polychrome pigments, woven cane and feather tassels attached, Papua New Guinea, 77 x 25 cm
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A Sepik orator's chair, of wood, resin set shell and hair, boar tusk nose ornament, polychrome pigments, fibre tassels, Papua New Guinea, 160 x 37 cm
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A Sepik ancestor sculpture of wood, polychrome pigments, shell set eyes, fibre and shell tassels, Papua New Guinea, 160 x 40 cm
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A Sepik Gable ornament, the bamboo frame with bark fibre anterior decorated with polychrome pigments, woven cane and fibre tassels, Papua New Guinea, 128 x 55 cm
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A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood, polychrome pigments, shell set eyes, shell ornament attached, Papua New Guinea, 85 x 26 cm
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A Sepik ancestor mask, of wood, the anterior decorated with polychrome pigments, shell set eyes and cane and fibre tassels, Papua New Guinea, 96 x 35 cm
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A Sepik ancestor mask, of wood, fibre, cane and feather tassels, Papua New Guinea, 36 x 28 cm
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A Sepik ancestor mask, of wood, polychrome pigments, fibre tassels, shell set eyes, Papua New Guinea, 88 x 34 cm
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A Sepik sculpture, of wood, in the form of a bird, shell set eyes, Papua New Guinea, 88 x 34 cm
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A Sepik hook, of wood, decorated with polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 113 x 31 cm
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A Korewori cult hook (yipon), of wood in stylised human form, shell inset eyes, Papua New Guinea, 94 x 8 cm
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A Korewori cult hook (yipwon), of wood in stylised human form, Papua New Guinea, 89 x 7 cm
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A Sepik hook, of wood in openwork form, shell set eyes, polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 76 x 16 cm
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A Keram story board, of wood decorated with polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 53 x 38 cm
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A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood with shell set eyes, Papua New Guinea, 41 x 10 cm
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An Asmat ancestor sculpture (mbis), of wood, the openwork apex fragment, polychromes pigments, Irian Jaya, 17 x 29 cm
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A Korewori cult hook, of wood in stylised human form, polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 88 x 18 cm
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A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood, shell inset eyes, polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 48 x 19 cm
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A Sepik ancestor mask, of wood, the anterior with polychrome pigments, shell inset eyes, Papua New Guinea, 88 x 49 cm
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