Male ancestor figure "kandingbong" · Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik · ID: 3033655

Name: Male ancestor figure "kandingbong"
SKU: 3033655
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

collected in situ by the German Radio Officer Lehr, on duty for the North German Lloyd (on a ship called “Friderum”), 1921-1928

Size

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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