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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic Art - Part III
• Sale Date:
  22 Sep 2019 ~ 4pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  105
• Lot Description:
  An Old Lime Gourd & Bone Spatula, April River Area, Upper Sepik River, early 20th Century
  lime gourd: incised designs, the bone lime spatula finial carved with totemic animal head & shell dangles.
  H 45 cm
• Provenance:
  Collected by the geologist Peter Austin, who was working in the Sepik area in 1965-1966
• References:
  Part of the Peter Austin Collection was sold to the Royal Ontario Fine Art Museum in 1969: Rogers,. Edward S. New Guinea: Big Man Island, Royal Ontario Museum, 1970
• Estimate:
  A$400 - 600
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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