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Ritual ladle, 19th–early 20th century
Wood
63.2 cm (24 7/8 in.)

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: Jolika Collection of New Guinea Art PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "The complex finial on this ladle portrays a figure, wearing a leaf-shaped headdress, riding a giant sea bird. Another human head is depicted below. For use of these ladles, see the description for pl. 369. See also the entry for the Astrolabe Bay telum figure, pl. 363." (Catalog #385, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 148.)

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ladle Art Jolika people Tami Oceania Province Morobe Guinea New Object Ritual Wood 0308200711540043 A383332 AOA