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LOT 2388

Papua New Guinea Ceramic Bird-Faced Sago Storage Jar

MID 20TH CENTURY A.D.

6 3/8 in. (1.62 kg, 16.2 cm).

Substantial conical jar with trumpet-shaped mouth; applied high-relief decoration replicating sea-bird masks with impressed pellets and applied painted bands, frond detailing inside rim; from the Aibom Village in Papua New Guinea [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.

CONDITION

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LOT 2388

Papua New Guinea Ceramic Bird-Faced Sago Storage Jar

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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