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Anthropomorphic stone pestle, Papua New Guinea - Madang Province, Size: M: 9,5 cm x 6,1 cm x 7,2 cm (M: 3.7 inch x 2.4 inch x 2.8 inch), ID: 3052689
Anthropomorphic stone pestle, Papua New Guinea - Madang Province, Size: M: 9,5 cm x 6,1 cm x 7,2 cm (M: 3.7 inch x 2.4 inch x 2.8 inch), ID: 3052689 - 2/5 Anthropomorphic stone pestle, Papua New Guinea - Madang Province, Size: M: 9,5 cm x 6,1 cm x 7,2 cm (M: 3.7 inch x 2.4 inch x 2.8 inch), ID: 3052689 - 3/5 Anthropomorphic stone pestle, Papua New Guinea - Madang Province, Size: M: 9,5 cm x 6,1 cm x 7,2 cm (M: 3.7 inch x 2.4 inch x 2.8 inch), ID: 3052689 - 4/5 Anthropomorphic stone pestle, Papua New Guinea - Madang Province, Size: M: 9,5 cm x 6,1 cm x 7,2 cm (M: 3.7 inch x 2.4 inch x 2.8 inch), ID: 3052689 - 5/5
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Lot 138
Auction 105

Anthropomorphic stone pestle ·  Papua New Guinea - Madang Province · ID: 3052689

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Provenance
John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Size
M: 9,5 cm x 6,1 cm x 7,2 cm
M: 3.7 inch x 2.4 inch x 2.8 inch

Description

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This stone pestle is likely to originate from the Madang District, Lower Ramu, as suggested by a sketch published by Douglas Newton in 1979.

The object Anthropomorphic stone pestle with the object ID 3052689 was last part of the auction Auction 105 at November 15, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 138.

Publications

Douglas Newton, Prehistoric and Recent Art Styles in Papua New Guinea, in: Sidney M. Mead (Ed.): Exploring the Visual Art of Oceania, 1979, p. 48 and p. 56, ill. 7lp1.

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