13 May 2010
13:00 EDT
New York
Fine African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art - Oceanic Art
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Fine African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art - Oceanic Art
Back to auction 18189
An ancestral male figure, Southern Maprik River, Papua New Guinea
height 81 1/4in
the exceptionally carved figure surmounted with two birds, with stylized bird bills as the arms.
Provenance:
Collected by Peter Morton in 1927 in Port Moresby
George Keller (inv. GFK325)
Sotheby's, Paris, December 5, 2005, lot 10
the exceptionally carved figure surmounted with two birds, with stylized bird bills as the arms.
Provenance:
Collected by Peter Morton in 1927 in Port Moresby
George Keller (inv. GFK325)
Sotheby's, Paris, December 5, 2005, lot 10
Estimate:
US$ 20,000 - 30,000
£13,000 - 20,000
€16,000 - 23,000
£13,000 - 20,000
€16,000 - 23,000
Category: Ethnographic Art / African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
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