A rare Bougainville Bird Sculpture, c.1900

TAD Tribal Art

This rare sculpture was hung in men's houses.  A similar example is in the Quai Branly Museum, Paris.

Two other examples are published in Art Papou, Austronesiens et Papous de Nouvelle Guinee, Musee d'Arts, Africains, Oceaniens, Amerindiens, Centre de la Vieelle, Charite, Marseielle France, 2000

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