Zemanek-Münster

Holding fixture ·  Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, Chambri Lake Area · ID: 3034637

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Provenance
Philippe Dodier, Avranches, France
Alain Bovis, Paris, France
Size
H: 82 cm
H: 32.3 inch

Description

wood, blotched brown patina, plug with projecting bifurcated endings, the flattened centrepiece and the fork-endings carved with the faces of protective ancestor spirits, slightly dam., deep cracks in some places, paint rubbed off, block-like socle;
presumably used on a boat as holding fixture for canvas, rare piece !


The object Holding fixture with the object ID 3034637 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 26.

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