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FROM INIOK VILLAGE, FRIEDA RIVER, UPPER SEPIK AREA
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A NEW GUINEA CANOE ORNAMENT
From Iniok village, Frieda River, Upper Sepik area
Composed of three palm spathe panels and central oval wooden mask, with painted scrolls and some dentate ornament respectively in red, white and black
109cm. high
From Iniok village, Frieda River, Upper Sepik area
Composed of three palm spathe panels and central oval wooden mask, with painted scrolls and some dentate ornament respectively in red, white and black
109cm. high
Provenance
Mr. & Mrs. H. Gelb III, Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul
Literature
Meyer, A., Oceanic Art, Cologne, 1995, p.298, fig.325
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