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ABELAM MINIATURE YAM MASK!
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Pre 1920 item# 611603
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AnthroArts
619-801-1553
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Abelam Peoples, Sepik River Culture Area, Papua New Guinea. This is a wonderful little miniature Yam Mask! The only one we have ever seen, this may have been constructed for the benefit of a child, for the annual yam harvest festival. Measuring a diminutive 4" - 10 cm. in height, and mounted on a custom stand raising the height to 7.5" - 19 cm. Wonderful!
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VERY RARE MAORI MODEL 'WHARE RUNANGA' OR 'MARAE'
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Pre 1920 item# 458047 (stock#spec. #104)
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619-801-1553
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Maori Culture, New Zealand. A model of a 'whare' or meeting house, the center of that tribal culture. Perhaps an "early Rotorua School" as described, and there may be some 'Tuara Kuri' (Diamond Notch) patterns and 'Haehae Lines' (we will defer to others on the above points); true dimensions are 14 cm.(5 1/2")in both length and width; the piece has been restored to a degree; the missing shell eye to the 'tiki' figure on the left has been replaced, a ...click for details
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RARE 19thCENTURY BLACKWATER LAKES SPIRIT FIGURE
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Pre 1900 item# 439937
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AnthroArts
619-801-1553
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Blackwater Peoples (Kambriman language group), Blackwater Lakes Region, Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, 19th Century. A very scarce 19th century piece, a representational 'Spirit Figure'. Originally painted, this piece has only survived the past one hundred plus years by having been carved from Garamut wood (Vivex confossus), one of the few species not eaten by termites; and having been saved all these many generations as a religious object, kept and venerated. This wonderful piece, ...click for details
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RARE SPIRIT HOUSE FINIAL, BLACKWATER LAKES, 19thCENTURY
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Pre 1900 item# 439927
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619-801-1553
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Especially Rare 19th Century piece. Kriambit or associated village, Blackwater Peoples (Kambriman language group), Blackwater Lakes Region, Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
A very rare nineteenth century finial from a Men's Spirit House (Haus Tambaran). This finial was originally one of two, surmounting the Haus Tambaran at either end; the other long gone.
The avian figure represented here is from the creation mythology of these people; the bird is rescuing the woman from the begin ...click for details
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