(EAST SEPIK PROVINCE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA), 1960s

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
27 March 2013
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A KARAWARI RIVER SPIRIT FIGURE

(EAST SEPIK PROVINCE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA), 1960s

carved wood in the form of two flattened human figures decorated with red, black and white natural earth pigments

104.0 cm height

Estimate: 
$2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,160 (inc. BP) in Auction 28 - 27 March 2013, Melbourne
Provenance

Private collection, Melbourne, acquired in the 1960s