Sepik River Ceremonial Dance Wand with Carving

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Papua New Guinea ceremonial dance Wand superb form with carving to the head and shaft, length 59 cm, middle Sepki, New Guinea. Provenance: Reportedly from the collection of Dr. Reichard Thurnwald 1914, Sepik river. Colonel Woodman, District Officer in the Sepik Region in the 1920s

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