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Dance ornament: imitation vagina, 20th century
FIber, human hair, cockatoo beak, pigment, gum
22.9 x 15.2 x 6.4 cm (9 x 6 x 2 1/2 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.215

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Collected by Oscar Meyer and Bruce Lawes in 1956-57. Robert Emile Bouchard Collection, Montreuil, France." (Catalog #209, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 116.) PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "This was worn by a male dancer who was impersonating a woman during naven ceremonies. See Bateson, 1936." (Catalog #209, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 116.) 1995 - Meyer, 1995, fig. 245.

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