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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 335743, member: 45&quot;]That&#039;s a little more difficult to tell.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It has a rather &quot;interesting&quot; stand.&nbsp; Was it original to the piece?&nbsp; If so, it would certainly point to having been made for use by a buyer, or by a buyer, not the way it would have been displayed originally.&nbsp; It does have a rather folk art approach, with the combination of what looks like duct tape, paper clip, and cordage, but is obviously newer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wood carvings like this, however, don&#039;t last long in the heat and humidity changes of a New Guinea village, making it difficult to date them, especially if they were acquired years ago and stored indoors in a different climate.&nbsp;&nbsp; Do you know anything about the collection?&nbsp; Like when it was acquired? Where it&#039;s been?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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