Tribal Art & Antiquities - 22 Sep 2020
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A Murik Lakes canoe prow Papua New Guinea modelled as a crocodile head
A Murik Lakes canoe prow
Papua New Guinea
modelled as a crocodile head, the side profile showing the teeth, whilst the top depicts the creation myth of the crocodile giving birth to a man,
72cm long, mounted on a stand. (2)
Provenance
Purchased from Galerie Message, rue Bonaparte, Paris, 1955.