Lot #135 - A Fine Old Gable Mask, Middle Sepik, PNG
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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 #:135
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Lot Description:A Fine Old Gable Mask, Middle Sepik, PNG
finely woven & decorated with ochre painted designs.
94 x 66 cm -
Provenance:Collected 1966 by the geologist Peter Austin, who was working in the Sepik Area in 1965-66
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References:Part of the Peter Austin Collection was sold to the Royal Ontario Fina Art Museum in 1969: Rogers,. Edward S. New Guinea: Big Man Island, Royal Ontario Museum, 1970
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Estimate:A$500 - 700
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Realised Price:
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Category:Tribal
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