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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Aboriginal | Oceanic | Tribal Art | June Auction
• Sale Date:
  09 Jun 2020 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  9206
• Lot Description:
  A House Post Fragment, Lake Sentani, PNG
  carved, engraved harwood, the main trunk section is elaborately carved with curvilinear & arabesque engravings with a central stylised lizard.
  139 x 41 cm
• Provenance:
  Laurence Rathsack Collection, USA; Private Collection, Sydney
• References:
  Cf. S. Kooijman, The Art of Lake Sentani, The Museum of Primitive Art, 1959 pp.26-29, illus. pl.28-32
• Notes:
  The work, from a single inverted tree, originally, the upper trunk was sunk into the lake bed, the flaring roots form the wing-like projections at the top, at whose junction the roof beam rested, the house post would have extended in height originally, some of the most impressive sculptural elements from the Sentani people were the central posts of the ondoafi's house
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 5,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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