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New Guinea Adze, Cenderawasih (formerly Geelvink) Bay, West Irian, with fiber-bound stone head, the wood shaft carved with geometric designs and a korvar figure, traces of commercial pigments, dark patina, lg. 28 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection.


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Date:
2016-06-09

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