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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Tribal Estate Sale
• Sale Date:
  28 Jul 2018 ~ 2.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  201
• Lot Description:
  A New Guinea War Shield, April River, Sepik region, Papua New Guinea, c.1950s
  with vibrant design incised into face and decorated with natural earth pigments.
  H 148 cm
• Provenance:
  Carl Shipman Collection; Private Collection, Melbourne
• Notes:
  Carl Shipman was an astute Australian collector of Aboriginal and Oceanic material in the 1960s. He was also a self published author on the subject, parts of his collection are in the National Museum of Victoria and National Gallery of Australia, La Trobe University ethnographic collection and Israel Museum , Jerusalem, Israel.
• Estimate:
  A$600 - 1,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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