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Property from the Collection of Leon Meizlik, Westchester, New York
Lot 31

Two Ancestor Figures, Ramu River, Papua New Guinea

2 July 2020, 10:00 PDT
Los Angeles

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Two Ancestor Figures, Ramu River, Papua New Guinea

kandimbong
heights 11 1/2 and 7 1/4in (29.2 and 18.5cm)

Provenance
St. Augustin Mission Museum, Germany, Inv. 78.44.270 (the larger figure)
Bruce Frank Primitive Art, New York
Leon Meizlik Collection, Westchester, New York

Each most likely stone carved, of classic, stylized form with proportionally large heads, pointed at the top with large circular eyes and long, arching beak-shaped noses; standing on circular bases.

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