Zemanek-Münster

Male ritual figure

Papua New Guinea - Wosera
not available anymore
Provenance
Edwin Dethlefsen, Cambridge, USA
Jacques Lebrat, Paris, France
Size
H: 70,5 cm
H: 27.8 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, red, black and white pigment, deepened eyeholes with shell inlay, carved with cymbium breast ornament and bracelets, legs painted with net-like patterns, slightly dam. (ears, feet), missing part: head ornament (presumably hornbill head), fine cracks, abrasion of paint, metal plate


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