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Sorcery bone, Kussinda Apa, 19th–early 20th century
Pig bone
25.4 x 7.6 x 6.4 cm (10 x 3 x 2 1/2 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.270

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Collected by Anthony Forge. Anthony Forge Collection, Sydney; Douglas Newton Collection, New York." (Catalog #322, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 135.) EXHIBITIONS: 1991 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1991, "New Guinea Bone Carvings." PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "This object is an elaborate version of what Douglas Newton described as an 'asperging tool' (personal communication). It was used by a sorcerer to sprinkle a magic substance A related object in the Papua New Guinea National Museum was collected by Noel Mc Guigan. These implements consist of a bone tube with surface decorations, but usually lack the bird or other finials." (Catalog #322, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 135.)

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