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Male ancestral spirit figure, early 20th century
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Lot 20
88th Tribal Art Auction

Male ancestral spirit figure, early 20th century

Papua New Guinea, East-Sepik - Kubalia Boiken
not available anymore
Provenance
Thorsten Grimme, Sydney, Australia
Size
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

Comparing literature

Hamson, Michael, Art of the Boiken, Palos Verdes 2011, p. 100, ill. 49
Oceania
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