Male ancestral spirit figure, early 20th century · Papua New Guinea, East-Sepik - Kubalia Boiken · ID: 3043520
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Provenance
Thorsten Grimme, Sydney, AustraliaSize
H: 65 cm
H: 25.6 inch
Description
heavy garamut wood, greyish brown partly encrusted patina, ornamental painting in red, black and white in parts recognizable underneath, slightly dam., missing parts (both forearms with hands, foot tips), cracks, abrasion of paint, base
The object Male ancestral spirit figure, early 20th century with the object ID 3043520 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 20.
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Comparing literature
Hamson, Michael, Art of the Boiken, Palos Verdes 2011, p. 100, ill. 49