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Carved head from ceremonial house façade, 19th–early 20th century
Light corklike wood, pigment, fiber, Conus shell
40.6 x 27.9 x 33 cm (16.5 x 11 x 13 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.371

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Allan Frumkin Collection, New York; Art Institute of Chicago." (Catalog #171, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 110.) PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "This carving was placed in a recess on the thatched facade of an Iatmul ceremonial house (see Kocher Schmid in Greub, 1985: 184). Enemy skulls were often similarly placed. This may have been a substitute, and has suffered from long exposure to weathering." (Catalog #171, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 110.) 1996 - Christie's, New York, Nov. 22, 1996, lot 218. 1971 - Wardwell, 1971: 61, no. 113. 1965 - Wardwell, 1965, pl. 76.

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