(MILNE BAY PROVINCE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA), 1940s - 1950s

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
27 March 2013
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A PAIR OF FEMALE MASSIM FIGURES

(MILNE BAY PROVINCE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA), 1940s - 1950s

both figures carved in hardwood and decorated with fine lime-filled incised traditional decorations

66.0 cm and 36.5 cm height

Estimate: 
$2,000 - 3,000 (2)
Sold for $2,400 (inc. BP) in Auction 28 - 27 March 2013, Melbourne
Provenance

Private collection, Melbourne, the smaller figure collected during World War Two, the larger collected in the 1950s