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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Timed Online Auction | Tribal & Oceanic Art, including the Eric Coote Collection
• Sale Date:
  30 Jan 2023 ~ 6pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  9175
• Lot Description:
  A Pair of Payback Dolls, Mendi Valley, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea (2)
  these figures are made when someone dies in tribal fighting and are kept until the death is avenged. Personal items of the dead person are incorporated in the doll/effigy.
  H 51 cm & 62 cm (with headdress)
• Provenance:
  The Eric Coote Collection, Mittagong, New South Wales
• Notes:
  Condition: Various cracks and necklace on right hand doll is untied with a few beads loose.
• Estimate:
  A$600 - 1,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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