Papuan Gulf Skull Rack

Description:

Papuan Gulf Skull Rack, Kikori district, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, the ancestor figure carved in low, lime-filled relief, (part of a side spike missing),lg. 28 1/4 in.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, Honolulu, Hawaii; Stanley Moriarty collection, Sidney, Australia, inventory number M-1772.
Estimate $700-900


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