Lot #47 - A Malangan Figure
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Auction House:Theodore Bruce
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Sale Name:Ethnographic Art
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Sale Date:11 Dec 2016 ~ 11am
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Lot #:47
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Lot Description:A Malangan Figure
profusely carved and decorated with polychrome designs, inset shell eyes and some remnant hair inserts. Base in the form of a lug for display during Malangan. New Ireland, PNG.
85 cm -
Provenance:Stanley & Co. Auctioneers, Sydney, August 18, 2003, Lot 225; Robert Ypres, Art of Man Gallery, Paddington, 1989; Acquired from an expat Australian in the mid-1960's; Comes with a certificate issued by New Guinea Arts.
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Estimate:A$800 - 1,200
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Realised Price:
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Category:Tribal
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