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May 6, 2016 10:00 AMCalender
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New Guinea Carved Wood Sago Ladle

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$400$325
Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2893BLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 06, 2016 10:00AM

Description:

New Guinea Carved Wood Sago Ladle, Huon Gulf, the scoop issuing from a stylized human, lime-filled detail, lg. 20 1/4 in.

Provenance: Collected in the 1960s by Mark Lissauer; The Leo and Lillian Fortess collection.
Estimate $300-400


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Keywords

Lillian Fortess, Mark Lissauer