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TWO WAYANG GOLEK PUPPETS, INDONESIA
With articulated head and arms connected to rods, with batik fabric
dresses, 43cm-44cm high (2)
Provenance: French private collection, purchased from Galerie
Duperrier, Paris, in the 1960s.
£100-£150
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SIX NECKLACES AND ORNAMENTS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Including a pendant of cowrie shells and boar tusks, a teeth necklace, a
boar tusks necklace, and three cowrie shell necklaces, together with an
elephant tooth, approx. 11cm-36cm long (7)
£80-£120
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A ‘KINA’ SHELL CURRENCY PENDANT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
The shell pendant attached to a rope necklace, 19.5cm long
£100-£150
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A ‘KINA’ SHELL CURRENCY PENDANT, HIGHLANDS, PAPUA NEW
GUINEA
The sickle-shaped mother of pearl pendant dyed with red pigment,
attached to woven band, 20.5cm wide
£100-£150
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TWO SEPIK SHIELDS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Of narrow oval shape, carved with stylised anthropomorphic faces,
decorated with white, red and blue pigment, a handle carved at the
back, 77cm and 94cm long (2)
Provenance: Lewis Way Collection, England, acquired whilst travelling
in the 1960s, thence by descent. Lewis Way was a psychologist,
member of the Adlerian Society and author of many academic
publications.
£150-£200
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TWO ‘BLAAL’ ANCESTOR FIGURES, SEPIK REGION, PAPUA NEW
GUINEA
With typical projecting beak-like mouth and pointed headdress, 35cm
and 43cm high (2)
£100-£150
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A PAINTED BARK CLOTH PANEL, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Decorated with repeated cross motifs, 156.5cm x 84cm
£100-£200
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