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Ancestral spirit figure, carved wood, shell, natural earth…
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Melbourne
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28-May-2023
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Ancestral spirit figure, carved wood, shell, natural earth pigments and fibre, Papua New Guinea origin, collected by John Lean Pender, an Australian ex-pat living in New Guinea in the 1930s and 40s who returned to Australia in 1942 upon the Japanese invasion, 38 cm high
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Tribal: New Guinean