A RAMU RIVER SPIRIT MASK

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
14 October 2009
268

Oceanic Artefacts

Papua New Guinea, c.1960s
A RAMU RIVER SPIRIT MASK

cassowary feathers and carved wood

35.5 cm length

inscribed verso: V1738 /RAMU / NG

Estimate: 
$500 - 800
Sold for $552 (inc. BP) in Auction 11 - 14 October 2009, Melbourne
Provenance

Collected in the field by The Paulian Association, c.1960
Acquired from the above in 1973
Private collection, Sydney