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Papua New Guinea, Rabaul, New Britain, Duk Duk Dancers, 2014, VGC
Estimate:
AU$70 - AU$100
Sold
AU$20
Live Auction
Roxbury Auction No. 110 - Thursday 24th - Sunday 27th of March (QLD TIME)
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Framed oil on board of four Duk Duk dancers in costume, signed AMBANE 2014, 65cm x 88cm.
A New Britain secret tribal culture of the Tolai people of Rabaul and New Britain; it has its secret signs and rituals, and festivals which were in past times closed to strangers on pain of death. Duk-Duk only appeared with the full moon.