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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  The Todd Barlin Collection of Fine Oceanic & Asian Arts
• Sale Date:
  08 May 2016 ~ 12noon
• Lot #:
  310
• Lot Description:
  A Boar's Head Carving, Middle Sepik, early 20th Century
  this rare carving in the form of a fierce wild boar was collected in the 1940's, it was obviously used in the men's ceremonial house as it has a square lug at the back from where it was attached or hung to another ceremonial object. After asking many Sepik Scholars I was told that it was most likely use was for funerary ceremonies for clan members whose totem is a wild boar, a fierce animal that is respected for its prowess." Todd Barlin
  L. 57 cm
• Provenance:
  Todd Barlin Collection.
• Estimate:
  A$600 - 800
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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