An ancestral figure of an Asmat warrior holding a Severed human…
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An ancestral figure of an Asmat warrior holding a Severed human head, decorated with tufts of cassowary feathers, mounted on wooden stand, Asmat region, West Papua. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, height 55 cm

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