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Lot 255 Dα

TWO PAINTED BARK CLOTH PANELS

Auktion 1119 - Übersicht Brussels
24.10.2018, 14:00 - A Sculptor´s Eye
Schätzpreis: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Ergebnis: 27.280 € (inkl. Aufgeld)

TWO PAINTED BARK CLOTH PANELS
New Ireland

36 and 27 cm. long

Cf. Gunn, M. and Peltier, P., "New Ireland : Art of the South Pacific", Paris, 2006, pp.49-51, Pls10-12.

The authors stated that painted bark-cloth panels were used as bride price on the occasion of the marriage of the child of a chief.