Male ancestor figure "kandingbong" · Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik · ID: 3033655
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Provenance
collected in situ by the German Radio Officer Lehr, on duty for the North German Lloyd (on a ship called “Friderum”), 1921-1928Size
H: 17,5 cm
H: 6.9 inch
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, conical base, face with a beak-like prolongation of the nose reaching down to the breast, min. dam., fissures, slight traces of abrasion, on wooden base
The object Male ancestor figure “kandingbong” with the object ID 3033655 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 63.
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