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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Addison Thompson, post: 10441549, member: 92984&quot;]I believe it is a sculpture carved by Paul Gauguin in Tahiti. It is an imitation of the Renaissance bronze sculpture of Perseus decapitating Medusa, in Florence Italy by Benvenuto Cellini. Gauguin often copied poses from classical art and made them look like tribal art.</p><p><br /></p><p>He made many sculptures in Polynesian. You can search them on the internet. A famous one was used as his gravestone in the Marquesas Islands titled: Oviri. I&#039;ll bet the wood is from Polynesia.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a smaller wooden sculpture of his main Tahitian girlfriend in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sincerely,</p><p>Addison Thompson[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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