New Guinea Hair Comb with Mask and Incised Decoration
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Wonderful New Guinea hair comb, fly river, carved with mask, above incised decoration, with ochre tones above comb, height 42 cm. Provenance: Todd Barlin collection, 2015, then private collection Sydney
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- Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.
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New Guinea tribal artefacts
- hair combs 5
- masks and helmets 510
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