Lot #178 - An Old Sepik Mask and Sepik Flute Stopper
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Auction House:Theodore Bruce
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Sale Name:Fine Aboriginal & Oceanic Arts
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Sale Date:04 Jun 2017 ~ 11am
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Lot #:178
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Lot Description:An Old Sepik Mask and Sepik Flute Stopper
the flute stopper was collected in 1967 by Andrew Kugler, a petroleum engineer surveying in the Sepik Basin, much of his collection was displayed at The Museum of Primitive Art in New York (later the Rockefeller wing of primitive art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art), he is also mentioned by Douglas Newtown in his book "Crocodile & Cassowary"
H 35 - 53 ccm
Sepik River, PNG -
Estimate:A$250 - 350
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Realised Price:
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Category:Tribal
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