Carved post ·  Papua New Guinea - Middle Sepik, Iatmul · ID: 3036753

Description

wood, lime, red and white pigment, carved with the face of an ancestral spirit on both sides, one of them sticking its tongue out at the beholder, round eyes accentuated by a drop-shaped framing, flanks of the post carved in stepped cascades, old collection number “PK 144”, slightly dam., cracks, traces of insect caused damage and weathering at the base

The object Carved post with the object ID 3036753 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 62 achieved a sales price of EUR 850.

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