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Blade with human face, 19th century or earlier
Basalt/serpentine
33 cm (13.25 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.119

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Collected by Kevin Trueman in the 1960s, along with the ceremonial adze (pl. 132)." (Catalog #12, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 85.) PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "The blade was used with the adze by the Emerum people, but is probably much older." (Catalog #12, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 85.)

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