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Bag containing seven amulet figures, Bilum (Melanesian Pidgin), 19th–early 20th century
Wood, pigment, basketry, fiber, shell
33 x 27.9 x 8.9 cm (13 x 11 x 3 1/2 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.238

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Douglas Newton Collection, New York." (Catalog #42, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 89.) EXHIBITIONS: 1979 - National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1979, "The Art of the Pacific Islands." PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "Bags of amulet figures were owned by men and used for magic assistance in hunting, fishing, and sexual adventure (the flying fox). It is unusual for the figures and the bag itself to have remained together." (Catalog #42, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 89.) 1979 - Newton, 1979: 294, no. 22.3.

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