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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9440203, member: 8267"]Welcome, [USER=81370]@Art Found[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>The style of painting on your carving is based on art from the Sepik River area of Papua New Guinea. But the posture of the carving is not traditional. It is most probably an item made for sale to tourists.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some more traditional carvings collected from the Iatmul people of the Sepik, which illustrate the style:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]438656[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/412.1994/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/412.1994/" rel="nofollow">https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/412.1994/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/theodorebruceauctions/15/728615/H3561-L297221880_original.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.theodorebruceauctions.com.au/auction-lot/a-finely-carved-and-ochre-painted-ancestral-carvi_00C43E2B04" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theodorebruceauctions.com.au/auction-lot/a-finely-carved-and-ochre-painted-ancestral-carvi_00C43E2B04" rel="nofollow">https://www.theodorebruceauctions.com.au/auction-lot/a-finely-carved-and-ochre-painted-ancestral-carvi_00C43E2B04</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9440203, member: 8267"]Welcome, [USER=81370]@Art Found[/USER]. The style of painting on your carving is based on art from the Sepik River area of Papua New Guinea. But the posture of the carving is not traditional. It is most probably an item made for sale to tourists. Here are some more traditional carvings collected from the Iatmul people of the Sepik, which illustrate the style: [ATTACH=full]438656[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/412.1994/[/URL] [IMG]https://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/theodorebruceauctions/15/728615/H3561-L297221880_original.JPG[/IMG] [URL]https://www.theodorebruceauctions.com.au/auction-lot/a-finely-carved-and-ochre-painted-ancestral-carvi_00C43E2B04[/URL][/QUOTE]
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