Headrest
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
sold
EUR 400
Size
B: 34 cm
H: 9 cm
B: 13.4 inch
H: 3.5 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, rising from massive legs, decorated with incised curved ornaments, faces of stylized ancestor spirits on both sides, slightly dam., abrasion of paint, fine cracks;
the ancestor spirits are perhaps intended to guard the sleeper from harm and guide him amongst the spirits of his dream world.