American Indian & Ethnographic Art

Description:

New Guinea Carved Wood Canoe Bailer, Murik Lakes area, probably stone cut, with relief-carved lizards and animal head on the handle, patina of long use, lg. 13 3/4 x wd. 7 in.

Provenance: Mark Lissauer, 1960; Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection.
Estimate $400-600


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