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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Fine Aboriginal & Oceanic Arts
• Sale Date:
  12 Mar 2017 ~ 11am
• Lot #:
  160
• Lot Description:
  A Yipwon Cult Hook
  with arcing protrusions representing ribs, used to garner the good will of the ancestors during warfare and hunting, lowest hook is missing, A/F Karawari River region, East Sepik Province, PNG
  137 cm x 34 cm
• Provenance:
  Robin Hodgson Collection: Robin lived and worked in PNG from 1969 to 2003 where she developed and ran the Melanesian Art Centre in Lae for 30 years. Robin and, until 1996, her former husband Richard Leahy, conducted regular artefact collecting trips to the Sepik River; the Trobriand Islands; the Papuan Gulf and the Highland regions.
• Estimate:
  A$100 - 200
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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