Figural sculpture ·  Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3037834

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, traces of black paint, encrusted in some areas, unusual features: carved on a circular base and wearing a flat superstructure with side projections, aside of this reminding of the small ancestor figures “kandimboang”, incised curvilinear ornaments on the headdress, handwritten collection number on the underside of the base “9-126”, slightly dam., crack (base), abrasion of paint

The object Figural sculpture with the object ID 3037834 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 39 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.

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