Head- / neckrest with ancestral spirit heads, Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, Size: H: 12 cm - 13,5 cm B: 35,5 cm (H: 4.7 inch - 5.3 inch B: 14.0 inch), ID: 3051831

Head- / neckrest with ancestral spirit heads, Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, Size: H: 12 cm - 13,5 cm B: 35,5 cm (H: 4.7 inch - 5.3 inch B: 14.0 inch), ID: 3051831 - 2/6

Head- / neckrest with ancestral spirit heads, Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, Size: H: 12 cm - 13,5 cm B: 35,5 cm (H: 4.7 inch - 5.3 inch B: 14.0 inch), ID: 3051831 - 3/6

Head- / neckrest with ancestral spirit heads, Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, Size: H: 12 cm - 13,5 cm B: 35,5 cm (H: 4.7 inch - 5.3 inch B: 14.0 inch), ID: 3051831 - 4/6

Head- / neckrest with ancestral spirit heads, Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, Size: H: 12 cm - 13,5 cm B: 35,5 cm (H: 4.7 inch - 5.3 inch B: 14.0 inch), ID: 3051831 - 5/6

Head- / neckrest with ancestral spirit heads, Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, Size: H: 12 cm - 13,5 cm B: 35,5 cm (H: 4.7 inch - 5.3 inch B: 14.0 inch), ID: 3051831 - 6/6

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Lot 146

Head- / neckrest with ancestral spirit heads · Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik · ID: 3051831

sold EUR 800

Provenance

Charles Ratton, Paris, France
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Eric Johnson, Los Angeles, USA
Italiaander Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
H. W. Liebenschütz, Berlin, Germany
Lempertz, Brussels, 10 May 2023, lot 220

Size

H: 12 cm - 13,5 cm

B: 35,5 cm

H: 4.7 inch - 5.3 inch

B: 14.0 inch

Description

wood, cane, plant fibre,

The object Head- / neckrest with ancestral spirit heads with the object ID 3051831 was last part of the auction Auction 104 at April 12, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 146 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.

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Comparing literature

Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 195, ill. 203

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