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Male figure, 19th–early 20th century
Wood
18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.)

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Collected by J. Viot in 1929. Madeleine Rousseau Collection, Paris." (Catalog #565, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 184.) PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "Probably cut from a dance staff, a chisel or a pair of tongs. See previous object. It is fascinating to me that such carvings, with a common beginning, can be reunited in a world which is so removed from that of their origin." (Catalog #565, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 184.) 1980 - Sotheby's, London, June 16, 1980, lot 112.

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