Lot #27 - Twenty-One Old Arrows from the remote Lake Kutubu & Hewa People, between the upper Sepik River & Southern Highlands Provinces [21]
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Auction House:Theodore Bruce
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Sale Name:The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic Art - Part III
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Sale Date:22 Sep 2019 ~ 4pm (AEST)
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Lot #:27
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Lot Description:Twenty-One Old Arrows from the remote Lake Kutubu & Hewa People, between the upper Sepik River & Southern Highlands Provinces [21]
a group beautiful handmade individual arrows, some with bone tips,
L 110-120 cm -
Provenance:Provenance: Purchased in 1986
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Notes:In 1986 I walked three days from Lake Kutuba to the Hewa People in the remote Southern Hightlands, as the people did not make any carved artowrks, I bought a group of the beautiful(ly) individual arrows which they made. These 21 old arrows, some with bone tips were collected from the people I met in the bush villages & tree houses, field photographs show the actual people from whom the arrows were bought Todd Barlin
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Estimate:A$400 - 600
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Realised Price:
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Category:Tribal
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