Lot #163 - An Old Ancestor Figure, Blackwater River Area, East Sepik Province, PNG, c.1940s
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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 #:163
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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
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References:Rogers, Edward S. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1970
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Estimate:A$600 - 800
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Realised Price:
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Category:Tribal
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