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

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

Starting price EUR 2,300
Estimated price EUR 4,500
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Provenance
John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Size
M: 9,5 x 6,1 x 7,2 cm
M: 9,5 x 6,1 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.

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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