ALEX PHILIPS
OCEANIC ART


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ALEX  PHILIPS  OCEANIC  ART

 

private collector online gallery specializing in the fine and rare

museum quality tribal art objects from Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia

Free valuations for your tribal art collection, highest prices paid for quality authentic Oceanic art objects

 




Ancestor Figure, Uli
New Ireland, Papua New Guinea

Wood, pigments, chalk, black Parinarium Laurinum nut paste, shells, coconut fibres

Mid-19th century
110cm

Provenance:
Serge Brignoni, Bern;
Julius Carlebach, New York,
Faith-Dorian and Martin Wright, New York, (acquired from the above on January 4, 1967)

Published:
Jean-Philippe Beaulieu, Uli: Powerful Ancestors from the Pacific, Bornival, 2021





Photo: Serge Brignoni with this Uli circa 1930


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ALEX PHILIPS
OCEANIC ART