CROCHET AGIBA KEREWA

Lot 18
07.12.2022 15:00UTC +00:00
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ID 860502
Lot 18 | CROCHET AGIBA KEREWA
Estimate value
€ 20 000 – 30 000
CROCHET AGIBA KEREWA

GOLFE DE PAPOUASIE, PAPOUASIE-NOUVELLE-GUINÉE

Hauteur : 101 cm. (393/4 in.)





Provenance

Collection Roy James Hedlund (1939-2020), Nouvelle-Guinée, acquis ca. 1961

Collection Arthur A. Cohen, New York, acquis en 1962

Collection Saul Bass, Los Angeles

Sotheby’s, New York, 11 novembre 2004, lot 13

Collection privée, États-Unis



Literature

Pebbles, L. et alii., Agiba and the Head Cult of the Kerewo, Novato, 2022, p. 272, n° 53



Exhibited

Probablement New York, Museum of Primitive Art, 1962



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KEREWA AGIBA HOOK, GULF OF PAPUA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
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