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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 #:
  313
• Lot Description:
  Pay Back Doll Mendi Valley, Southern Highlands, PNG
  a finely made fibre doll that is old enough to have been used for ritual purposes. In older times if a person was killed by an enemy, the family of the slain person would make an effigy of them and decorate it with some of the deceased ornaments, the doll would be a reminder that revenge or payback was needed
  43 cm
• Provenance:
  Collected by Peter Hallinan (1938-2015) / Todd Barlin Collection.
• References:
  For similar examples refer to the Stan Moriarty Collection at The Art Gallery of New South Wales. His collection was exhibited in Plumes & Pearl shells; Art of The New Guinea Highlands" 2014
• Notes:
  Peter was a well-known and respected field collector of New Guinea art.
• Estimate:
  A$500 - 700
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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