Old Boiken Plates with Spirit Faces and Flying Fox

Two old Boiken plates, coastal Sepik area, both of these plates…
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Two old Boiken plates, coastal Sepik area, both of these plates are very old, they have deep incised spirit faces decorations and the one on the right has a double flying fox in high relief. Collected on Kairuru Islands in the early 1980's. 43 cm each (2)

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  • Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.

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