† (From the Curious to the Extraordinary, 6th May 2021) A MODEL OF A TRIBAL ELDERS' HEAD A NEW GUINEA TRIBAL HEAD UNDER A LARGE 19TH CENTURY GLASS DOME A MODEL OF A TRIBAL ELDERS' HEAD FROM PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNDER A LARGE 19TH CENTURY GLASS DOME with glass eyes and a feathered earring, with ornate feathered headdress, raised on an ebonised plinth beneath a late 19th century glass dome 47cm high, with headdress 80cm high; dome: 80cm high Please note this lot is subject to VAT on the hammer price at 20%. Provenance: Viktor Wynd’s Museum, London. The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History is a contemporary reinterpretation of a Pre-Enlightenment Wunderkabinett or Cabinet of Curiosities. It is the creation of artist and writer Viktor Wynd, who has just opened a Falmouth branch of his museum inside the National Maritime Museum. His most recent book 'The UnNatural History Museum' was published by Prestel in 2020.
† (From the Curious to the Extraordinary, 6th May 2021) A MODEL OF A TRIBAL ELDERS' HEAD A NEW GUINEA TRIBAL HEAD UNDER A LARGE 19TH CENTURY GLASS DOME A MODEL OF A TRIBAL ELDERS' HEAD FROM PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNDER A LARGE 19TH CENTURY GLASS DOME with glass eyes and a feathered earring, with ornate feathered headdress, raised on an ebonised plinth beneath a late 19th century glass dome 47cm high, with headdress 80cm high; dome: 80cm high Please note this lot is subject to VAT on the hammer price at 20%. Provenance: Viktor Wynd’s Museum, London. The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History is a contemporary reinterpretation of a Pre-Enlightenment Wunderkabinett or Cabinet of Curiosities. It is the creation of artist and writer Viktor Wynd, who has just opened a Falmouth branch of his museum inside the National Maritime Museum. His most recent book 'The UnNatural History Museum' was published by Prestel in 2020.
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