Property from an American Private Collection
Mask, Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
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October 28, 04:43 PM GMT
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15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description
Property from an American Private Collection
Mask, Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
Height: 13 ¾ in (35 cm)
The interior inscribed in black ink: "32846. Parkinson"
Blue-Eyed Cockatoo (Cacatua opthalmica) and Purple-Bellied Lory (Lorius hypoinochrous) feathers, bark, lime-clay mixture, bamboo, leaves, fibre, remains of pigment
Richard Parkinson, Herbertshöhe (present day Kokopo), New Britain, collected in situ
Linden-Museum, Stuttgart (inv. no. 32846), acquired from the above in 1903
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, acquired from the above by exchange on February 19, 1969
Mathias Komor, New York (inv. no. I150), presumably acquired from the above
Acquired from the above by the present owner on January 17, 1970
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