A SEPIK FINIAL, carved in the shape of a bird with elongated beak, wings at side, concentric round eyes, painted wood in white, orange and brown pigments-25½in. (65cm.) high

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A SEPIK FINIAL, carved in the shape of a bird with elongated beak, wings at side, concentric round eyes, painted wood in white, orange and brown pigments-25½in. (65cm.) high
Literature
Illustrated in Primitive Art of New Guinea, Sepik River Basin, by Sava Maksic and Paul Meskil, Davis Publications, Inc., Worcester, MA., 1973.

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