A SMALL NEW GUINEA CERAMIC HEAD

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
14 October 2009
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Oceanic Artefacts

Washkuk People, Papua New Guinea
A SMALL NEW GUINEA CERAMIC HEAD

the face decorated with natural earth pigments and the back incised with traditional designs and in-filled with natural earth pigments

24.0 cm length

Estimate: 
$1,200 - 1,800
Sold for $1,080 (inc. BP) in Auction 11 - 14 October 2009, Melbourne
Provenance

Acquired from Sotheby's Sydney, 1980s
Private collection, Melbourne