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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Part 2: Important Aboriginal & Oceanic Art
• Sale Date:
  27 Nov 2013 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  207
• Lot Description:
  A Bioma Figure
  carved wood with red and white pigments
  40.5 cm height
• Artist:
  (Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea)
• Provenance:
  Private collection, Melbourne, collected in New Guinea in the 1960s
• Notes:
  These energetic and symmetrical silhouette carved sculptures are known as Bioma figures. They are spirit images and form part of a large presentation of objects in men's ceremonial houses in the Papuan Gulf. The sculptures give us a glimpse of how the people imagined the appearance, form and character of the spirits.
• Estimate:
  A$500 - 700
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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