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Amulet figure, 19th century
Wood, fiber, shell, bark cloth
22.9 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm (9 x 1.75 x 1.75 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.325

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Walter Bondy Collection, Berlin; André Breton or Paul Eluard Collection, Paris; Robert Emile Bouchard Collection, Montreuil, France." (Catalog #69, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 93.) PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "The figures in pl. 68 and 69 were undoubtedly carved by the same artist, the one above being the better of the two. Similar figures were carved as canoe paddle finials." (Catalog #69, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 93.) 1931 - Breton-Eluard Auction, Paris, 1931, fig. 93. 1929 - Cahiers d' Art, Mar./Apr. 1929, fig. 48. 1928 - Druout auction, Paris, May 11, 1928, the Bondy sale, no. 259.

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