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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
17-Aug-2008
Lot No.
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Description:
A Superb Massim Sculpture, of wood in the form of a female ancestor, decorated with incised geometric motifs infilled with lime, smooth glossy patina, Trobriand Islands, 56 x 14 cm Provenance: From an Australian collection Note: Figurative sculpture from this region is rare, for a similar example c.f. Beran, H.1996, Mutuaga; A 19th century New Guinea Master Carver, University of Wollongong Press, Nsw, Australia, p.225 plate 77
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Category:
Unclassified