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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 #:
  223
• Lot Description:
  A Pair of Fine Old Figures, Bougainville Island, PNG, c. 1930s
  carved in a sensitive naturalistic style depicting a family, the father holding a toddler to his chest, the other figure his pregnant wife.
  H 53-54 cm
• Notes:
  The carver is almost certainly the same hand as seen in Varilaku: Pacific Arts from The Solomon Islands 2011, NGA, Canberra pp 54-55which was collected in 1933 in The Queensland Museum Collection
• Estimate:
  A$10,000 - 15,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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