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Yap Ancestral Figures: Early Breadfruit Wood with Seed Eyes
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Sydney
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17-Nov-2025
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A pair of early breadfruit wood Yap ancestral figures, Caroline Islands, the body tattoos carved in high relief with seed inlaid eyes. height 30 & 32 cm. Provenance: Ex. Old Japanese collection, both bases inscribed and dated in Japanese 'Showa 11, Yap Island' collected in 1936.
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Tribal: New Guinean