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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 #:
  322
• Lot Description:
  Three Old Marapai Charms, Papuan Gulf 19th Century, [3]
  all finely incised with anthropomorphic faces and infill lime decoration
  9 cm, 10 cm, 12 cm
• Provenance:
  James Tyrrell's Curios / Todd Barlin Collection.
• Notes:
  Tyrrell was born in Sydney in 1875 and in 1888 started work for the Sydney bookshop Angus & Robertson. In 1905 he set up his own business and by the mid-1920s Tyrrell's was a well-known book and curiosity shop in Sydney. In 1923 Tyrrell acquired the establishment of 'Tost & Rohu', dealers in taxidermy and Pacific Artefacts
• Estimate:
  A$1,500 - 2,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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