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LOT 2257
Tribal Wood Carving Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
12 5/8 - 22 in. (944 grams total, 32-56 cm).
Comprising: a large carved New Guinea, female figure standing on a curved head with short horns, the female grimacing with exposed pointed teeth and wearing an elaborate headdress with curving tusks framing her face; a beast with boar's head and elongated feline body devouring a man clinging on to its belly. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired from older English collections via the UK art market since the mid 1970s.
From the private collection of Peran Dachinger, thence by descent.
From the family collection of a Maida Vale lady, 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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