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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Timed Online Auction | The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic and Asian Art | Day I
• Sale Date:
  08 Aug 2022 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  9141
• Lot Description:
  Two Fine Old Abelam Sago Washing Pegs Abelam Area, Prince Alexander Mountains, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, Early 20th to Mid-Century
  both on custom stands.
  H 37 cm [Each]
• Provenance:
  The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic Art
• Notes:
  Sago Palm is a very important food source for people in many areas of New Guinea, the preparation takes a whole family working very hard to harvest a wild sago tree, cutting tree, spitting it open and then pulping the pith and washing through a sluice these pegs are used like clothes pegs to hold the sluice in place during the making of sago flour. This Peg is finely decorated by an ancestor head that is surmounted by a crazy looking bird. Utilitarian objects in the Abelam are often beautifully decorated as are these Sago Washing Pegs.
• Estimate:
  A$300 - 500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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