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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Aboriginal | Oceanic | Tribal Art | June Auction
• Sale Date:
  09 Jun 2020 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  9205
• Lot Description:
  A Pair of Masks, Mortlock Island, PNG, Early 20th Century
  breadfruit wood, decorated with an accentuated elongated facial form, delicate eyebrows & restrained slit like eyes, in lime & soot, light dry patina conducive to age. Masks are rare in Micronesia, these masks were worn in ceremonies & hung in the ceremonial house as decoration.
  H 34 cm, 38 cm
• Provenance:
  The Collection of Osborne & Victor Hauge & their wives, Gratia & Takako; Victor & Takako published Folk Traditions in Japanese Art in connection with their 1978 travelling exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Japan House Gallery, New York & Asian Art Museum, San Francisco. Additionally, thousands of items from the Hauges are in the collections of the Freer & Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.; Private Collection, Sydney
• Notes:
  Condtion: There is a significant crack on one of the masks.
• Estimate:
  A$2,000 - 4,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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