Lot #9331 - A Finely Carved Ancestor Figure, Kamoro People, Eastern Mimika Area, South Coast, West Papua (Irian Jaya), Indonesia
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Auction House:Theodore Bruce
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Sale Name:Timed Online Auction | The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic and Asian Art | Day II
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Sale Date:09 Aug 2022 ~ 6pm (AEST)
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Lot #:9331
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Lot Description:A Finely Carved Ancestor Figure, Kamoro People, Eastern Mimika Area, South Coast, West Papua (Irian Jaya), Indonesia
part of a Monumental Mbitoro Ancestor Pole that was used in a ceremony in the early 1980s, the base of this sculpture is missing because that is where it was buried in the ground for almost 1 year while the ceremony was running.
H 230 cm -
Provenance:Todd Barlin Field Collected in 1987. & The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic Art
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Notes:These Kamoro artworks were part of the same collection of Asmat & Kamoro Artworks that is now on permanent display at The Musee du Quai Branly Museum in Paris & were exhibited 1996 in the old National Museum of African & Oceanic Art & published in the Louvre Museum Magazine (now part of The Musee du Quai Branly).
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Estimate:A$500 - 700
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Realised Price:
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Category:Tribal
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