Lot Essay
Cf. Beran, H., Mutuaga, a Nineteenth-Century New Guinea Master Carver, Wollongong, 1996, p.240, plate 121, for a similar staff by Mutuaga with the same twisted hands
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BY MUTUAGA (CIRCA 1860-1920)
Details
A MASSIM STAFF
By Mutuaga (circa 1860-1920)
The carved figure finial with hands curled about the chest, the back of the figure and upper section of the shaft with whitened and incised scroll ornament
95.5cm. high
By Mutuaga (circa 1860-1920)
The carved figure finial with hands curled about the chest, the back of the figure and upper section of the shaft with whitened and incised scroll ornament
95.5cm. high
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