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Mosquito mask, Sepik river, papua new guinea

on May 06, 2011

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a mosquito mask from the Sepik river, specifically the village of bruganowi / brukanowi village (wombom style?).

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Aboriginal shield - La Grange Bay, Western Australia

Western Australia. Eighty-Mile Beach area, Karrajarri (Karadjarri, Karadjeri) people. Front engraving possibly from area between Broome and Fitzroy River, North and East of Karajarri country. Narrow wooden shield incised with interlocking key patterns. The Karajarri, who occupy the area along the Eighty-Mile Beach between the De Grey River and Broome call these shields karrbinna and carved them out of a type of eucalyptus. D. S. Davidson, then Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington, noted in 1949 that the Karajarri were responsible for most, if not all, examples of traditional shields incised with well-proportioned interlocking key patterns. They also used this and variations of the design on their pearl shell ornaments and tywerrenge (or churingas - sacred objects or amulets), although numerous other Aboriginal groups applied the design to their tywerrenge as well. These shields functioned as defensive ...

BOUCHON DE FLÛTE, AIRE BIWAT, COURS MOYEN DE LA RIVIÈRE YUAT, BAS-SEPIK, PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE-GUINÉE

BOUCHON DE FLÛTE, AIRE BIWAT, COURS MOYEN DE LA RIVIÈRE YUAT, BAS-SEPIK, PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE-GUINÉE BIWAT ANCESTOR SPIRIT FIGURE FROM A SACRED FLUTE, MIDDLE YUAT RIVER, LOWER SEPIK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA haut. 59 cm 23 1/4 in Estimate 450,000 — 550,000 EUR LOT SOLD. 1,408,750 EUR (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

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