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Two-headed object, C-14 dating: 1480–1670 (95.4% probability)
Wood, traces of pigment, Nassa shell
30.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm (12 x 1.5 x 1.5 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.219

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Philip Goldman Collection, London; Alain Schoffel Collection, Tours, France." (Catalog #94, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 97.) PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "There are notches carved on the shaft. The use of the object is unknown, but it may have served as a tally of events in warfare. Although it has often been suggested to have been part of a headrest, it does not appear so to me. The smaller head may be female and the larger, male. The latter head has an extension, perhaps for the attachment of a feather headdress." (Catalog #94, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 97.) 1984 - Champlin et al., auction, Paris, June 23, 1984, lot 33.

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