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an image of a wooden mask on a polea close up of a wooden sculpture of a dog ' s heada close up of a wooden sculpture of a facea wooden sculpture of a fire hydrant with a hat on topa pair of shoes hanging from a hook on the walla black and yellow mask hanging on a polea large metal object with a bird on top of ita wooden object with a long stick sticking out of it ' s sidea man that is standing next to a large boat
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36 - SEPIK - PAPUA NEW GUINEA LOT LOCATED IN ARDECHE Yena cult fi…
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Estimate €4,000
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SEPIK - PAPUA NEW GUINEA LOT LOCATED IN ARDECHE Yena cult figure from the Kwoma ethnic group Personal collection of anthropologist John Charles Edler (collected by himself on site) Circa 1970 Height: 235 cm (as is - no claims will be accepted) Estimate: €15,000/€20,000 NB: A figure in the same style is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Musée der Kulturen in Basel; A photograph shows anthropologist John Charles Edler with this figure. The objects can be viewed by appointment only.
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About the sale Tribal art - Papua New Guinea and India/Nepal
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Auction time 06/26/2026 at 2:00 PM
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