Figural sculpture · Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3036483
not available anymore
Provenance
Marc Lissauer, AustraliaEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Size
H: 72 cm
H: 28.3 inch
Description
heavy wood, matt greyish brown patina, cowrie shell eyes, big elongated head rising from a diamond-shaped flat body with a fully plastic crocodile superimposed, bow-shaped projection at the back of the head, dam. (right ear), rep. (snout of the crocodile), cracks, insect caused missing parts backside;
presumably once a suspension hook, for the sickle-shaped projections seem to be cut.