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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 #:
  9160
• Lot Description:
  A Superb Old Crocodile Jaw Bone Dagger Called Eu Karowan
  Asmat People, Remote NW Asmat Area, South Coast, West Papua (Irian Jaya), Indonesia, 19th to Early 20th Century, on a custom stand.
  L 54 cm
• Provenance:
  Todd Barlin Field Collected 1985; The Elizabeth Pryce Collection Australia
• Notes:
  These large daggers made from the lower jawbone of a large saltwater crocodile as associated with headhunting and are very important family heirlooms with oral histories attached. When I was living traveling in Asmat Villages for months at a time I always asked the people about the different types of historical artefacts that they or their grandparents made and used. These were one of the type of objects that I was shown but they were not for sale, the daggers had magical properties and were extremely important cultural objects. I bought this one & one other small example in all the years I was collection Asmat Art.
• Estimate:
  A$600 - 800
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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