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Eagle finial from lime spatula, Ava toop, 19th–early 20th century
Cassowary bone, pigment, tassels, circlet of shell discs
12.5 x 8 x 3 in.
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.402

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Dr. Robert Browne Collection, Honolulu." (Catalog #199, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 114.) EXHIBITIONS: 1991 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1991, "New Guinea Bone Carvings." PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "This is the top of a beautiful lime spatula, which is now missing its bone shaft." (Catalog #199, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 114.)

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