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Crocodile-Shaped Prow, Iatmul People, PNG

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA SEPIK RIVER CONTAINER, L 36'': PAPUA NEW GUINEA SEPIK RIVER CONTAINER, L 36''A CEREMONIAL LIME CONTAINER FROM THE IATMUL PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE SEPIK REGION. THE BODY IS MADE OF PAINTED BAMBOO, WHILE THE BOTTOM HAS TOTEMIC PAINTED CA

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Water Spirit Mask Sepik River: Water spirit mask - Sepik River Papua New Guinea 1970 Wood 31 cm Water spirit mask from the Iatmul people of the middle Sepik river, Papua New Guinea. This mask kept near the fire place and used in sp

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Carved wooden spirit mask: Origin: Papua New Guinea Date: 2nd half 20th century Materials: Wood Size: 31 cm Additional Info: Carved wooden spirit mask from the Iatmul people of the middle Sepik river, Papua New Guinea. This mas

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA JUGATE SPIRIT FIGURE, CIRCA 1930: Iatmul Peoples, Middle Sepik River, Ancestral Spirit carrying Mask on Back, the figure reaching up to touch his tongue, carved and painted wood, of one piece, slightly concave, on 4 1/2" x 9 1/4" x 9

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Crocodile-Shaped Prow, Iatmul People, PNG

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Crocodile-Shaped Prow, carved wood, conus shell, traces of pigment, Iatmul people, Papua New Guinea, Mindimbit village, Middle Sepik River. The prows of the large latmul war canoes were fashioned as heads of crocodiles, and indeed at times the whole canoe is conceived to represent a crocodile. See related work in The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. Size: 6.5'' x 26'' x 13.5'' (17 x 66 x 34 cm). Height on Stand: 14" (36 cm).

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Crocodile-Shaped Prow, Iatmul People, PNG

Name: Crocodile-Shaped Prow, Iatmul People, PNG
SKU: 76739949
Price: 475 USD
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