Horn "fi" · Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat · ID: 3035687
sold
EUR 1,800
Provenance
Philipp Konzett, Graz, Austria (1998)Size
H: 72,5 cm
H: 28.5 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, band ornament in bas-relief at the rim and in the middle, handles in shape of stylized arms at the same place, slightly dam., cracks (partly spread with mass), minor missing parts (rim), paint rubbed off
The object Horn “fi” with the object ID 3035687 was part of the auction 75th tribal art auction on November 30, 2013. The object with the lot number 27 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,800 with an asking price of EUR 1,500.
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Comparing literature
Helfrich, Klaus u.a., Asmat, Berlin 1996, p. 175, ill. 11.33