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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Timed Online Auction | The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic African & Asian Art
• Sale Date:
  05 Dec 2022 ~ 6pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  9026
• Lot Description:
  A Fine Old Abelam Wood Headdress, Wosera Area, Southern Abelam, Prince Alexander Mountains, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
  on a custom stand. Mid-20th Century.
  81 x 45 cm
• Provenance:
  Bruce Lawes Collection (1926-2011) & The Todd Barlin Field Collection
• Notes:
  Australian Bruce Lawes (1926-2011) was one of earliest field collectors in Papua New Guinea and was dedicated to collecting artifacts for their aesthetics. Lawes arrived in New Guinea in 1947 and worked as a patrol officer in New Ireland. Less than a decade later he left administrative life, moved to the Abelam area and lived as a trader based in Maprik. In 1955 Lawes assisted Dr. Alfred B¸hler of the Basel Museum, who assembled a collection of 4,000 Abelam works. Through this experience Lawes saw the commercial interest in New Guinea art and began to collect intensively over the next two decades.
• Estimate:
  A$300 - 500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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