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Headrest, C-14 dating: 1500–1810 (95.4% probability)
Wood, ochre, Nassa shells, bamboo, rattan, string, fiber tassels
16 x 51 x 12 cm (6 5/16 x 20 1/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.113

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Marie-Ange Ciolkowska Collection, Paris, probably acquired from a German museum (Museum für Völkerkunde, Hamburg?) in the 1930s." (Catalog #215, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 117.) PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "Headrests in the form of animals may refer to totemic clan symbols. This animal combines aspects of a boar and a crocodile." (Catalog #215, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 117.)

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