Male ancestor figure · Papua New Guinea - Wosera · ID: 3035562
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Provenance
collected in situ (1940’s)German Private Collection,
Size
H: 76 cm
H: 29.9 inch
Description
light wood, black and red pigment, body with closed contours, supporting a hornbill totem on the head, slightly dam., missing parts (upper half of the beak), cracks, strong abrasion of paint, rep. (lower half of the beak fixed by nail), base
The object Male ancestor figure with the object ID 3035562 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 46.
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