Lot: 13

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Papua-Neuguinea - Massim

Provenienz	Größe	Aufruf / Schätzpreis
collected by Mike Glanville in Gawa (before 1990) Richard Bennet, Cairns, Australia Harry Beran, Sidney, Australia / Cambs, United Kingdom Marcia & John Friede's (Jolika) Collection, USA Harry Beran was born in Vienna in 1935 and migrated to Australia in 1957. He obtained his PhD from the University of Sydney in 1974 and taught philosophy at the University of Wollongong until his retirement in 1998. Harry was a frequent visitor to Papua New Guinea and wrote numerous publications on its art. In particular he was a scholar, author and collector specialised in the Massim culture of Milne Bay Province.	H: 30 cm; L: 49,8 cm	2500 EUR / 5000 EUR

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Berans Vermerk zu diesem Objekt: "HB 567 Firstpfostenfigur... "horizontaler Balken mit aufrechter Figur, die eine Schlange auf dem Kopf hat. Am Stück befestigtes Etikett (jetzt fehlend) mit der Aufschrift R[idge]. P[ole]. F[igure]. vom Haus des Häuptlings. Hergestellt in: Gawa..."

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