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A IATMUL FEMALE FIGURE
Standing with the arms free of the body and the hands on the hips, the face with pierced septum to the nose, the oval eyes with inset blue glass beads at the centre, carved scrolls to chest, shoulders and neck, wearing raffia skirt, shell ring about one wrist
31.5cm. high
Standing with the arms free of the body and the hands on the hips, the face with pierced septum to the nose, the oval eyes with inset blue glass beads at the centre, carved scrolls to chest, shoulders and neck, wearing raffia skirt, shell ring about one wrist
31.5cm. high
Provenance
Taylor A. Dale, Santa Fe. Reputedly purchased from the daughter of a missionary in New Guinea in the 1950s
Special notice
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