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SEPIK RIVER
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A FINE NEW GUINEA HEADREST
Sepik River
The slightly curved and tapered top with a mask carved in high relief to each end with pierced septum, a panel of zigzag ornament below and terminating at each end with an animal's head holding an object in its jaws, dark encrusted patina, the bamboo supports secured with rattan
55cm. wide
Sepik River
The slightly curved and tapered top with a mask carved in high relief to each end with pierced septum, a panel of zigzag ornament below and terminating at each end with an animal's head holding an object in its jaws, dark encrusted patina, the bamboo supports secured with rattan
55cm. wide
Provenance
Professor Henri Louis Vis, Berchem (Antwerp)
Special notice
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