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Catalogusnummer: 3601
Papua, Asmat, oval pigment dish,
the reverse and rim decorated with relief carving, the extending 'handles' terminating in an ancestor figure and an anthropomorphic head.
88 x 23 cm.
Provenance: ex collection Max Lapre, he was a Dutch district chief in Agats, 1950-1955. In the book 'Mein Vater der Kannibale', Sten Bergman, Published by F. A. Brockhaus, Wiesbaden, 1961 tafel 22 is a photograph of him holding various Asmat skulls in his hands.
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Hamerprijs: € 1.200
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