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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Fine Aboriginal & Oceanic Arts
• Sale Date:
  12 Mar 2017 ~ 11am
• Lot #:
  165
• Lot Description:
  PNG Highlands Classic Hunting Bow and 11 Arrow set.
  The varied arrows suit different kills, all have bamboo shafts and black palm tips, some notched and barbed, others plain, and are secured with bush resins, twine and tightly woven bands. Bow length 176 cm, arrows from 102 - 131 cm, Highlands region, PNG
• 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$60 - 80
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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