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• Auction House:
  Shapiro Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Contemporary African and Tribal Art From the Collection of Ray Hughes
• Sale Date:
  08 Dec 2019 ~ 2pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  105
• Lot Description:
  Large Washkuk Kwoma Spirit Figure, Upper Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
  wood, carved with mouth open with the tongue projecting out and down in four waves, resting on a pole
  height 160 cm width 52 cm depth 40 cm
• Provenance:
  Collected in Papua New Guinea, c. 1990, The Estate of Ray Hughes
• References:
  Cf. for comparison Douglas Newton, Crocodile and cassowary: religious art of the upper Sepik River, New Guinea, 1971, p. 84
• Estimate:
  A$2,000 - 4,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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