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A Standing Figure, Massim, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea,…
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Sydney
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31-Aug-2015
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A Standing Figure, Massim, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, (circa 1900), carved wood and natural earth pigments, 36 cm high. Provenance: Muriel Larner, Cairns. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, 1970. Exhibited: Art of Massim Region of Papua New Guinea, Wollongong City Gallery, 16 October - 6 November 1980, cat. no. 146. Travelling to Australian Museum, Sydney, Victorian Museum, Melbourne. Literature: Harry Beran, Massim Tribal Art: Papua New Guinea, Wollongong City Gallery, 1980, pg. 16 & 48
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Tribal: New Guinean