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Lot #163 - An Old Ancestor Figure, Blackwater River Area, East Sepik Province, PNG, c.1940s

  • Auction House:
    Theodore Bruce
  • Sale Name:
    The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic Art - Part III
  • Sale Date:
    22 Sep 2019 ~ 4pm (AEST)
  • Lot #:
    163
  • Lot Description:
    An Old Ancestor Figure, Blackwater River Area, East Sepik Province, PNG, c.1940s
    carved from a thick piece of bark, incised with ancestor figure design & highlighted with ochre.
    H 106 cm
  • Provenance:
    Collected by the geologist Peter Austin, who worked in the Sepik Area, 1965-1966. Part of the collection was sold to the Royal Ontario Fine Art Museum, 1969
  • References:
    Rogers, Edward S. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1970
  • Estimate:
    A$600 - 800
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Tribal

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