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Property from a Private Collection, New York

Mask, Lower Sepik River Region, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

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October 28, 04:37 PM GMT

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25,000 - 35,000 USD

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Description

Property from a Private Collection, New York


Mask, Lower Sepik River Region, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea


Height: 14 ⅜ in (36.5 cm)


Wood, pigments, gum or resin, fibre

James T. Hooper, Arundel, Sussex, acquired in Swanage, Dorset, in 1951

Christie's, London, Melanesian and Polynesian Art from the James Hooper Collection, June 19, 1979, lot 24

Carlo Monzino, Lugano-Castagnola, acquired at the above auction

Private Collection, acquired by descent from the above

Sotheby's, New York, May 19, 2001, lot 17, consigned by the above

Kirby Kallas-Lewis, Seattle, acquired at the above auction

Acquired from the above by the present owner on June 3, 2002

Steven Phelps, Art and Artifacts of the Pacific, Africa, and the Americas: The James Hooper Collection, London, 1976, p. 230, pl. 125, cat. no. 986, (illustrated), and p. 432, cat. no. 986 (listed)