A FINE CASSOWARY BONE AVIAN LIMESTICK, Papua New Guinea

carved from the fibia of a cassowary bird (casuarius casuarious).

Possibly Harry A. Franklin, Beverly Hills
Renee and Chaim Gross, New York, acquired in the 1960s

Very good condition overall; hairline crack through proper right leg; fiber binding on base of figure and on back between wings very fragile; wear and tear from traditional use; fine aged honey cream patina with traces of red pigment.
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For a closely-related limestick previously in the Masco collects ion, today in the LA County Museum of Art, see Wardwell (1994: 81, no. 25).