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Lime spatula, 19th century
Ebony, lime
25 x 9 x 3 cm (9 13/16 x 3 9/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.109

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Harry Beasley Collection, West Abby, Kent; Allen Wardwell Collection, New York." (Catalog #411, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 153.) EXHIBITIONS: 1964 - Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1964, "Seafarers of New Guinea, Art of the Massim Area." PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "This type of spatula is extremely rare. Another fine example belonged to Alex Philips of Melbourne, and is now part of the Jolika Collection." (Catalog #411, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 153.) 1975 - Newton, 1975, fig. 6. 1930 - Chauvet, 1930, fig. 222.

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