Rare Biwat Pigment Dish, Yuat River Area, Papua New Guinea6.25in (16.2cm) Provenance Marcia and John Friede Collection, Rye, New YorkPieter Lunshof Collection, ParisGalerie Meyer - Oceanic Art, ParisLawrence Pebbles Collection, CaliforniaAn extremely fine and rare minute pigment dish in the from a stylized crocodile with an expressionist face representing an ancestor; the outer edge incised and the tail forming a loop; rich dark brown patina illustrative of significant age and use.