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NEW GUINEA
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AN ASMAT CANOE PROW
New Guinea
Of openwork form carved as four birds with scrolling bodies of diminishing size terminating in a human head with protrudeling tongue and pierced septum, traces of red, white and black pigment.
25½ in. (65 cm.) high
New Guinea
Of openwork form carved as four birds with scrolling bodies of diminishing size terminating in a human head with protrudeling tongue and pierced septum, traces of red, white and black pigment.
25½ in. (65 cm.) high
Provenance
Lemaire Gallery, Amsterdam, 1976