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Ceremonial adze, 19th–early 20th century
Wood, encrusted surface, pigment
58 cm (22 13/16 in.)

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Collected, together with its blade, in the 1960s by Kevin Trueman." (Catalog #132, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 103.) PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "This was associated with a stone adze blade (pl. 12), with a carved human face, which is probably much older than the adze itself." (Catalog #132, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 103.)

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