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LOWER SEPIK RIVER
Details
A NEW GUINEA HEADREST
Lower Sepik River
Carved as two stylised animals, the heads forming the handles, the back of lenticular form, the legs forming loops through which bent bamboo sections form the legs, traces of red pigments, fibre loop
41.5cm. long
Lower Sepik River
Carved as two stylised animals, the heads forming the handles, the back of lenticular form, the legs forming loops through which bent bamboo sections form the legs, traces of red pigments, fibre loop
41.5cm. long
Provenance
The Denver Art Museum
Special notice
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