Figural sculpture ·  Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3036483

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.

The object Figural sculpture with the object ID 3036483 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 55.

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