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Great Replacement Skull - Middle Sepik

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Mwai Nose Mask Iatmul Middle Sepik: Mwai nose Mask - Iatmul - Middle Sepik - Papua New Guinea 1970 Wood 36 cm Carved wooden spirit (Mwai) mask from the Iatmul people of the middle Sepik river, Papua New Guinea. Nice bow-shaped extension

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Papua New Guinea Iatmul Middle Sepik Savi Head Carving: A Papua New Guinea Iatmul Middle Sepik Savi Head Carving carved wood, natural fiber, cowrie shell, having double sided anthropomorphic polychrome painted face with animal motifs including crocodiles.

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Large Savi mask - IATMUL - Middle Sepik - Papua New: Large Savi mask - IATMUL - Middle Sepik - Papua New Guinea - SEPIK - Papua New Guinea 1970 Wood 46,5 cm The Iatmul people of Papua New Guinea shows the evil powers of ancestral and natural spirits whe

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Middle Sepik River Figure, Papua New Guinea.: A Middle Sepik River Figure, possibly Iatmul Janus Figure. Wood, pigment. Papua New Guinea. 21 1/4" x 4 1/2". Condition: Cracks, pigment loss, and gouges. Provenance: From a Virginia Private Collectio

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SAWOS, ANCESTOR FIGURE (MIAN GANDU), PAPUA NEW: GUINEA 1st half 20th c. Carved wood, paint, woven fiber Without stand: 94 1/2" x 17" x 9" Provenance: Allan Stone Collection, New York The Sawos people of the Middle Sepik River region of New Guinea a

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NEW GUINEA TRIBAL CANOE PROW: Middle Sepik River Area, Latmul people, 19th c. Canoe Prow of a Crocodile head with ancestral figure, mask and small full-body crocodile, all with scarring marks, crudely cut from a canoe, roughly 37"

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Crocodile-Shaped Prow, Iatmul People, PNG: Crocodile-Shaped Prow, carved wood, conus shell, traces of pigment, Iatmul people, Papua New Guinea, Mindimbit village, Middle Sepik River. The prows of the large latmul war canoes were fashioned as h

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20th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Zoomorphic Prow: Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden canoe prow in the form of a mystical fish with a long snout, a large eye, and a bird perched atop the tip o

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Item Details

Description

Title: Great Replacement skull - Middle Sepik -

Origin: Papua New Guinea

Date: 1970

Materials: Wood

Size: 28 x 13 x 13 cm

In the middle of the Sepik area of Papua New Guinea people adorn the skulls of deceased relatives, important people or enemies to use them for fertility or initiation rites. The replacement skulls are processed with pigment, lime and oil, and decorated with small shells. Sold without stand.

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