Headrest with classical ancestral representations, Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, Size: H: 13,5 cm B: 41,5 cm (H: 5.3 inch B: 16.3 inch), ID: 3046476

Headrest with classical ancestral representations, Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, Size: H: 13,5 cm B: 41,5 cm (H: 5.3 inch B: 16.3 inch), ID: 3046476 - 2/7

Headrest with classical ancestral representations, Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, Size: H: 13,5 cm B: 41,5 cm (H: 5.3 inch B: 16.3 inch), ID: 3046476 - 3/7

Headrest with classical ancestral representations, Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, Size: H: 13,5 cm B: 41,5 cm (H: 5.3 inch B: 16.3 inch), ID: 3046476 - 4/7

Headrest with classical ancestral representations, Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, Size: H: 13,5 cm B: 41,5 cm (H: 5.3 inch B: 16.3 inch), ID: 3046476 - 5/7

Headrest with classical ancestral representations, Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, Size: H: 13,5 cm B: 41,5 cm (H: 5.3 inch B: 16.3 inch), ID: 3046476 - 6/7

Lot 1

94th Tribal Art Auction

Headrest with classical ancestral representations · Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik · ID: 3046476

sold EUR 1,200

Provenance

Pierre Paurell, Gothenburg, Sweden
Jon Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden (2005)
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden

Size

H: 13,5 cm

B: 41,5 cm

H: 5.3 inch

B: 16.3 inch

Description

wood, bamboo, rattan, pigments, minor missing part

The object Headrest with classical ancestral representations with the object ID 3046476 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 1 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200.

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Comparing literature

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

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