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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Aboriginal & Oceanic Art and Artefacts
• Sale Date:
  14 Oct 2018 ~ 2.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  1221
• Lot Description:
  A New Guniea Karawari Figure, Papua New Guinea
  early example with more recent applied natural earth pigment decoration.
  H 128 cm
• Provenance:
  Provenance: Private Collection, purchased 1968; arl Shipman Collection. Accompanied with a letter to Carl Shipman explaining purchase of this piece; Private Collection, Melbourne.
• Notes:
  Carl Shipman was an astute Australian collector of Aboriginal & Oceanic material in the 1960s. He was 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$200 - 400
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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