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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 #:
  9147
• Lot Description:
  Two Superb Old Drums, Kamoro People, Eastern Mimika Area, South Coast, West Papua (Irian Jaya), Indonesia, Early to Mid-20th Century
  these beautifully carved old drums both with a highly stylized ancestor figure ant the top. You can see the ears and if you are used to looking at Kamoro Art you can see the whole ancestral figures that is deconstructed like a cubit painting.
  H 57, 62.5 cm
• Provenance:
  Todd Barlin Field Collected in 1986
• Notes:
  The Kamoro are an Asmat related language & they migrated up the coast to be out of reach from the endless headhunting raids that the Asmat did in pre-European contact times. They were a more peaceful community & their artworks reflected this. The Kamoro are also known or referred to as the Mimika but the Kamoro is what they call themselves. I spent long periods of time living in Kamoro Villages where I field collected artworks and documented ceremonies for Museums including the Musee du Quai Branly where the pair of monumental Mbitoro Ancestor Poles can be seen today.
• Estimate:
  A$500 - 700
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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