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A Superb Ethnographic Vokeo Island Ceremonial Headdress, c.…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
17-Aug-2008
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Description:
A Superb Ethnographic Vokeo Island Ceremonial Headdress, c. 1940s or earlier, the wood ancestor mask in classic ovoid form with nose ornament and bite stick to rear, woven cane surround below a tapering woven cane projection and detachable apex, with earth overmold, decorated with polychrome pigments and boar tusk ornaments,Papua New Guinea, 95 cm
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Category:
Unclassified