Lot #301 - Two Coastal Sepik Figures, [2]
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Auction House:Theodore Bruce
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Sale Name:The Todd Barlin Collection of Fine Oceanic & Asian Arts
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Sale Date:08 May 2016 ~ 12noon
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Lot #:301
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Lot Description:Two Coastal Sepik Figures, [2]
one being a small hardwood food hook, finely carved in the form of a male ancestor with his hands raised above his head; together with another figure with carved hair ornaments used by men in the Coastal Sepik and Schouten Islands Areas
37 cm, 51 cm -
Provenance:Collected by Joseph Crogan in the 1960's / Todd Barlin Collection.
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Notes:Crogan was an Australian Expatriate Economic Advisor to the PNG Government. He was keen collector and travelled widely in New Guinea. Both on custom made stands
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Estimate:A$600 - 800
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Realised Price:
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Category:Tribal
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