Huon Gulf Ladle-New Guinea Art-Oceanic Art
Huon Gulf ladle with a full figure perched on the scoop, also probably from Tami Islands or very nearby. It was collected on the Jean Jacques Laurent Expedition to New Guinea in 1969, is ex. Leos Anderle Collection, Carmel and was published in my “Between the Known and Unknown: New Guinea Art from Astrolabe Bay to Morobe” catalog of 2016, no. 129. It is 27 7/8” (70.8 cm) in height, dates to the late 19th century.