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Catalogusnummer: 5618
Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik, Iatmul, cassowary bone lime spatula
in the stylized shape of a parrot's head with a carved quadruped. With a plant fiber collar and cowrie shells.
h. 39,5 cm. mounted
Provenance: Paul Wirz (1892-1955), Zurich / Basel, Switzerland (field-collected in the 1930s) John & Marcia Friede, Rye, NY, USA. A comparable object published in "New Guinea Art", Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, San Francisco 2005, Vol. 1, cat. 192.
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