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Catalogusnummer: 5197
Papua, Merauke, Frederik Hendrik Islands (Yos Sudarso Islands), a rare wooden ritual bowl
ushaped as a canoo with a crocodile head as extentions. With red pigments and a written monogram W.C.V on inside.
L. 69,5 cm.
Provenance: Collection W.G. Venhuis and his wife, Mrs. A. Venhuis-Mulder. Collected when they were stationed in Merauke between sept 1930 - end of 1933. W.G. Venhuis was a doctor doing research into malaria. From late 1933 they were back in Bali.
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