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LOT 2610
Papua Guinea Volcanic Stone Head
20TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/2 in. (5.05 kg, 19 cm).
Carved in the round, egg-shaped in profile with low-relief facial features, heavy undercut brow. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired between the 1970s and 1980s.
From the private collection of John Watson, Cambridge, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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