ID 860502
Lot 18 | CROCHET AGIBA KEREWA
Estimate value
€ 20 000 – 30 000
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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Post lot text
KEREWA AGIBA HOOK, GULF OF PAPUA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
| Medium: | Wood |
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| Place of origin: | Papua New Guinea |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Wood |
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| Place of origin: | Papua New Guinea |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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